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| 401 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 504 John Y NDE 86 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1john_y_nde.html | 1998 | 1998-08-27 | 2004 | M |
On August 27, 1998, John Y fell from a ladder and landed feet first on the road, crushing and breaking both ankles, heels, and feet. His right foot was partially detached with bone protruding and blood gushing. He lay there for 5 minutes before being found. In the ambulance, the combination of pain, shock, and blood loss caused his vital signs to crash. The attendants yelled to the driver that he might not make it. Upon hearing this, John became hysterical and began crying. At that moment, he saw angels flying around the roof of the ambulance, reaching down as if to pull him up to heaven. He became panicked and began flailing at the angels to chase them away, terrified he would never see his wife and son again. The experience was frightening rather than peaceful. When they reached the hospital, he initially thought he had been transported to "a hospital in heaven" until he saw his wife and realized he was still alive. John also experienced a vision showing his brother and ex-lover standing at his hospital bed, both angrily shouting they would take his son away. This vision proved prophetic - after his six-day coma, his brother spoke cruelly to him, seemingly wishing he had died, and did eventually take custody of his son. The experience was deeply unsettling and mixed, containing both divine beings and disturbing premonitions. Unlike many NDEs, John's was characterized by fear and resistance rather than peace. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: The appearance of angels aligns with biblical accounts of angelic beings present at moments of death or divine intervention. The predictive vision that came true could be interpreted as a prophetic warning, which has biblical precedent. Unbiblical elements: None identified. While the fearful reaction to angels is unusual for NDEs, it doesn't contradict scripture, as biblical encounters with angels often initially caused fear. |
5 | Ambulance | 5 | 6 | 15 | Moderate Evidence | 4 | Severe trauma with life-threatening injuries and vital signs crash | Vision of angels and prophetic vision of future events | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4/11/2025 | 1 | 1 | Saw angels and had prophetic vision | 1.00 | Ambulance attendants | Highly Compatible | 7 | ||||||||
| 402 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 522 Jonathan B NDE 2075 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1jonathan_b_nde.html | 1976 | 1976-05-06 | 2004 | M |
On May 6, 1976, Jonathan B was staying with his grandparents after being discharged from Marine boot camp due to Rheumatic Fever contracted from untreated Strep throat. He experienced three days of 105-degree fever, crippling arthritic-like pain, and difficulty breathing. On the third day, a grey curtain appeared in the upper corner of the room and moved toward him, obscuring everything behind it. When it touched him, he became aware this was the Angel of Death coming to take his life. As it swept up his body, he felt he ceased to exist beyond the curtain. He heard Jesus's voice warning that if the grey touched his heart, he would cease to exist. Jonathan prayed earnestly, promising to dedicate his life to Jesus in exchange for living long enough to complete his life tasks and ensure his sister was a Christian. Jesus accepted. Jonathan then left his body, entered blackness, and shattered like glass with all his memories, thoughts, and identity fragmenting. He later reassembled and returned to his body, at which point his fever broke and all symptoms disappeared instantly. The experience gave him precognitive abilities, unusual physical resistance to disease and injury, faster healing, and lasting joy. He survived several high-voltage accidents and developed faith healing abilities. Though he found the experience unpleasant and isolating, it removed his fear of death and gave him certainty about his life purpose. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: Direct encounter with the Angel of Death has strong biblical precedent. The conversation with Jesus, earnest prayer, making a covenant with God, and subsequent healing gifts all align with biblical accounts. The dedication of life to God's service reflects biblical discipleship. Unbiblical elements: None identified. All elements including the Angel of Death, divine healing, and spiritual gifts have clear biblical support. |
5 | Home | 5 | 8 | 13 | Suggestive Evidence | 0 | Life-threatening fever and respiratory distress for three days | Specific description of Angel of Death encounter and Jesus conversation | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4/11/2025 | 1 | 0 | Grey curtain Angel of Death and Jesus conversation | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 9 | |||||||||
| 403 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 412 Joni H NDE 962 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1joni_h_nde.html | 2001 | 2001-04-05 | 2004 | F |
On April 5, 2001, Joni H attempted suicide through a lethal drug overdose, resulting in clinical death and a six-day coma. During the experience, she found herself observing an indescribably white, luminescent wing with no beginning or end, with visible feathers in great detail. She heard two voices speaking to each other, not to her. One said "We are going to give her her new name." The other replied, "But it hasn't been three days yet." The first responded, "But we are going to give her her new name anyway." Throughout this, she saw tiny shapeless beings like spots who were painting artwork with brilliant colors more vivid than earthly colors. The white wing was more luminescent than any white she had seen. Joni experienced no fear, only awe at the beauty of colors and the whiteness of the wing. There was no tunnel or sense of transportation - she was simply there. She also had a prophetic vision of her brother and ex-lover at her hospital bed, angrily shouting they would take her son away, which later came true exactly as seen. The experience gave her conviction about life after death being more real than current existence and enhanced appreciation for colors and flowers. She emphasizes that life should never be given up despite hardships. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: The white wing suggests angelic presence, consistent with biblical descriptions of angels. The concept of receiving a "new name" has strong biblical precedent (Revelation 2:17). The prophetic vision that came true aligns with biblical prophecy. Unbiblical elements: The mention of "three days" in an unclear context and tiny beings painting could be interpreted various ways but don't directly contradict scripture. |
5 | Hospital | 5 | 8 | 20 | Moderate Evidence | 7 | Clinical death from overdose with six-day coma documented | Specific details of wing, voices about new name, and prophetic vision | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | Six-day coma | 4/11/2025 | 2 | 1 | White wing and tiny beings painting | 0.00 | Medical staff | Highly Compatible | 7 | |||||||
| 404 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 391 John B NDE 921 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1john_b_nde.html | 1972 | 2004 | 14 | M |
In June 1972, 14-year-old John B was riding his bicycle down a hill toward Route 31 when he couldn't stop for the stop sign due to his speed. He decided to dash across the highway and was broadsided by a car traveling over 40 mph, shattering his left leg on impact. Everything went into slow motion at impact - he felt no pain but was aware of being hit. After hitting the windshield (leaving a large depression in the glass) and being thrown about 50 feet, everything went black momentarily. Then he was looking down at the accident scene from above. He saw himself on the ground in fetal position on his right side, wearing his blue shirt and jeans. His metallic blue Schwinn five-speed was mangled. From above, he watched as someone approached from behind, kneeled, and touched his shoulder - it was another driver who had stopped. At that moment, he realized it really was his body down there on Route 31. A few seconds later, he was "sucked" back into his body and saw the pavement close-up. The experience changed his perspective on death - he no longer fears it, knowing there is something on the other side. He remains convinced that the mind is a function of the universe, not just the body. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: The out-of-body experience with consciousness surviving bodily trauma aligns with biblical teaching about the soul/spirit being distinct from the physical body. The perspective of observing from above reflects accounts of spiritual perception. Unbiblical elements: None identified. The experience contains no elements contradicting biblical teaching about consciousness surviving physical death. |
5 | Other | 5 | 10 | 19 | Moderate Evidence | 4 | Life-threatening trauma from high-speed vehicle impact | Specific OBE observations of accident scene, self, and arriving help | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4/11/2025 | 1 | 1 | OBE view of accident scene | 0.00 | Other drivers who stopped | Highly Compatible | 5 | ||||||||
| 405 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 380 John Ma NDE 917 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1john_ma_nde.html | 2003 | 2003-11-03 | 2004 | M |
On November 3, 2003, John Ma underwent arthroscopic day surgery to remove a bone spur in his right shoulder. As a diabetic who hadn't taken insulin as directed, he experienced severe complications. The local anesthetic caused electrical tingling and pain, which doctors ignored. Post-surgery in recovery, his blood pressure crashed to 50/20, prompting emergency transfer to the cardiac ICU. In the ICU, while staff rushed to insert IVs in both wrists and inject dopamine to constrict blood vessels, John felt he was being "crucified" with the bilateral wrist punctures. He was in and out of consciousness, feeling cold and knowing he was dying. His consciousness suddenly rose above the ICU, observing the medical staff's movements choreographed like a dance as they worked on his body below. He then experienced being on a gurney wheeled toward a round doorway in a medieval cathedral framed with purple flowers. A man in tuxedo and tails spoke reassuringly, saying "Mark, soon your troubles, fears, and worry will be over. Just relax." Initially comforted, John realized this elegant man was actually Death trying to con him. He cried out "No, I want to live with Cindy and Tim!" (his wife and son) and then fell asleep, ultimately surviving. The experience gave him unequivocal belief in a personal God and understanding that he was given a choice about death, ensuring he would never pray for death again. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: The OBE and consciousness surviving physical crisis align with biblical soul/body distinction. The encounter with a deceptive death figure parallels biblical warnings about Satan appearing as an "angel of light" (2 Corinthians 11:14). Choosing life reflects biblical values. Unbiblical elements: None identified. The deceptive nature of the death figure actually reinforces biblical warnings about spiritual deception. |
3 | Hospital | 7 | 10 | 24 | Moderate Evidence | 7 | Surgery with severe blood pressure crash to 50/20 requiring ICU intervention | OBE above ICU and detailed death encounter with cathedral doorway | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 4/11/2025 | 1 | 1 | OBE view of ICU and death encounter | 0.00 | ICU medical staff | Highly Compatible | 8 | ||||||||
| 406 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 424 Judith E NDE 979 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1judith_e_nde.html | 2000 | 2004 | F |
Judith had been experiencing tachycardia for 14 hours before going to the emergency room, where she had undergone this procedure multiple times before. She suffered from Aortic Valve Regurgitation, causing rapid heartbeat that could lead to cardiac arrest or stroke from blood clots. When given IV medication to slow her heart, she experienced something entirely different from previous treatments. Upon receiving the medication, Judith suddenly found herself somewhere else, alone in a different space. She felt no fear, only peace and curiosity. She experienced herself moving upward and forward, like being in a recliner during a plane's takeoff, through gray misty space. A distinctive sound accompanied this movement - a prolonged "ZHOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMM" that seemed to last much longer than the actual seconds that passed. The emergency room, doctor, and nurse had vanished from her awareness. The experience culminated when she saw a circle of white clouds with blue sky in the center. Then suddenly it ended and she was back in the emergency room, with the medical staff talking normally as if nothing had happened. Despite the brief duration, the experience left an indelible impression she knew she would never forget. The experience gave her profound spiritual insights. She came to understand that the entire reason for being is to love one another, as Jesus taught. She felt she had received wisdom and understood that all we need to do is believe in God and help others to have a happy life. She emphasized that love is all that's truly required. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: The experience contains several elements consistent with biblical accounts including an out-of-body experience where consciousness separated from the physical form, supernatural peace that surpasses understanding, and profound spiritual knowledge about love being central to existence. The message to "love one another" directly echoes Jesus's teachings in John 13:34. The upward movement toward light/sky could represent ascension toward heaven. Unbiblical elements: None identified. The experience does not contain reincarnation, new age concepts, universal salvation teachings, or occult elements. There is no contradiction of biblical doctrine. |
5 | Hospital | 5 | 6 | 11 | Suggestive Evidence | 0 | Life-threatening arrhythmia and tachycardia documented, risk of cardiac arrest or stroke mentioned | Experience included leaving body and observing clouds/sky, but no specific verifiable observations of earthly events | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4/11/2025 | 4 | 0 | Left body and was somewhere else | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 7 | ||||||||||
| 407 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 364 Juliet N NDE 10077 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1juliet_n_nde.html | 1975 | 2004 | F |
Rev. Juliet Nightingale experienced a profound NDE while dying from terminal colon cancer in the mid-1970s. She entered a coma on Boxing Day (December 26) and was declared dead on February 2, spending over five weeks in what appeared to be an unconscious state. However, her consciousness was actively experiencing other dimensions. During the "twilight" stage before the coma, solid matter became translucent, colors became vivid, and she began perceiving beings interdimensionally. Once in the coma, Juliet found herself enveloped by a Being of Light in unconditional divine love. She experienced a comprehensive life review watching her entire life simultaneously like a movie, with no judgment from the Light - only self-evaluation from her soul perspective. She observed different realms including a hellish place with faceless grey entities suffering from past atrocities, though she was assured these souls would eventually heal and return to the Light. She saw future scenes of people from her life and experienced underwater and space environments, moving effortlessly and creating through thought alone. The Being of Light asked her to help co-create and determine outcomes of events, making her realize souls participate in creation. She was told she must return to share that death is an illusion and life is eternal, and that she needed to experience love and joy before returning Home. A beautiful being appeared, pouring tremendous love into her as a gift for accepting the mission to return. Her transition back was gradual, and she remained aware of the Being of Light even after regaining consciousness in intensive care. The experience left her knowing that fear is acquired not natural, love is the prevailing force, and all beings ultimately return to the Source. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: The experience contains many biblical elements including encountering divine light and beings, experiencing divine love, receiving a life review, observing heavenly and hellish realms, gaining spiritual knowledge, and being given a mission. The unconditional love and light align with 1 John 4:8 "God is love" and John 1:5 "God is light." The different realms observed echo Jesus's teachings about heaven and hell. The commission to return with a message parallels prophetic callings in scripture. Unbiblical elements: The assertion that "all souls, without exception, eventually return to the Light" suggests universal salvation, contradicting Matthew 25:46 about eternal punishment. The self-judgment rather than divine judgment conflicts with 2 Corinthians 5:10 about appearing before Christ's judgment seat. The concept of souls being temporarily "retrograde" then healing contradicts biblical finality of judgment. The being asked to "co-create" and determine outcomes suggests a level of human participation in divine sovereignty that exceeds biblical teaching. |
4 | Hospital | 10 | 8 | 18 | Moderate Evidence | 0 | Terminal cancer, coma for 5+ weeks, declared dead on February 2 | Detailed observations of other realms and future events, but not independently verified | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4/11/2025 | 7 | 0 | Saw medical crew 200 yards away | 0.00 | Mixed Compatibility | 9 | ||||||||||
| 408 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 462 Karen B NDE 1066 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1karen_b_nde_1066.html | 2004 | 2004-05-06 | 2004 | F |
Karen's throat completely closed due to a bacterial infection of her larynx on May 6, 2004. Unable to speak or breathe, she experienced clinical death. In that moment, her thoughts turned to God and her family, thinking she was ready if it was her time but regretting not being able to say goodbye or express her love to her husband and boys. Rather than angels and lights, Karen found herself in total darkness - but it was not scary. The darkness was comforting, like being held by a soft glove. In this peaceful void, she heard a male voice she had never heard before. The voice was reassuring and sounded like velvet with no rasp at all. When she thought about not getting to tell her family she loved them, the voice said slowly and clearly: "They already know." This brought her total calm and peace. Karen was then resuscitated and survived the experience. She notes that everyone says she has changed since the experience, though they cannot articulate exactly how. She now has a huge scar on her throat from the emergency treatment. The experience gave her special knowledge about death - that it will be okay to die, that it is peaceful, and that a divine presence knows our thoughts. She believes God spoke to her that night. She has shared her experience with a friend who lost her husband, who thanked her for the comfort it provided. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: The experience contains several biblical elements including communication with a divine voice (consistent with God speaking to individuals throughout scripture), supernatural peace in the face of death (Philippians 4:7), and the comforting nature of God's presence even in darkness (Psalm 23:4 - "though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death"). The male voice providing reassurance aligns with biblical depictions of God as comforter. Her readiness to meet God reflects biblical faith. Unbiblical elements: None identified. The experience contains no reincarnation, new age concepts, universal salvation, or occult elements. The darkness being comforting rather than frightening aligns with biblical passages about God's presence in darkness. |
5 | Hospital | 10 | 4 | 14 | Suggestive Evidence | 0 | Bacterial infection causing complete airway closure, clinical death documented | Heard specific message from divine voice, but no visual observations to verify | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | Throat completely closed | 4/11/2025 | 2 | 0 | Experienced comforting darkness | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 7 | ||||||||
| 409 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 477 Joy L NDE 2007 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1joy_l_nde.html | 1999 | 2004 | F |
Joy attempted suicide in March 1999 by overdosing on anti-epileptic medications from the medicine cabinet, following the loss of her grandmother who raised her, rejection by her parents, and profound loneliness. She felt like a poisonous influence to loved ones and believed they would be better off without her. After swallowing all available pills, she lost consciousness as the day progressed. During her experience, Joy found herself falling into a dark pit, being crushed by rocks while watching herself decay and rot. Worms and beetles squirmed in her vision and flesh. A low, guttural voice spoke to her, saying "You're in..." with the last part obscured by other voices. The overwhelming feelings were of deepest despair and palpable evil. This hellish vision represented a realm of darkness and torment. After blacking out, Joy awakened to the most beautiful singing she had ever heard - angels singing along with church bells. Her family was trying to resuscitate her at this time. She could see and hear the angels and bells clearly, though her family could not perceive them. The contrast between the dark and light portions of her experience was profound - from despair to incredible joy and peace. Joy survived and was taken to the emergency room. The experience left her with special knowledge about dire events and a changed perspective on life. She has since lost her son whom she loved deeply, and on the night he died, her grandmother came to her. She remains uncertain in her beliefs but knows the experience was absolutely real. She has become more solitary since the NDE, and the feelings associated with both the dark and light aspects remain with her today. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: The experience contains significant biblical elements including a hellish realm with darkness, decay, and torment (matching biblical descriptions of hell/Hades), angelic beings singing (consistent with heavenly worship in Revelation), and lasting spiritual transformation. The progression from darkness to light parallels biblical themes of salvation from death to life. The appearance of her grandmother at her son's death aligns with biblical concepts of the communion of saints. Unbiblical elements: None clearly identified. While the experience was triggered by suicide (which some traditions consider sinful), the mixed nature of the experience (hell then angels) actually aligns with biblical mercy and divine intervention. No reincarnation, new age concepts, or contradictions to scripture are present. |
5 | Home | 5 | 10 | 22 | Moderate Evidence | 7 | Life-threatening overdose of anti-epileptic medications during suicide attempt | Vivid hellish imagery and angelic visions, with family unable to see angels providing contrast verification | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4/11/2025 | 5 | 1 | Falling into dark pit | 0.00 | Family members | Highly Compatible | 7 | |||||||||
| 410 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 357 Kelley W NDE 883 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1kelley_w_nde.html | 1986 | 2004 | F |
Kelley experienced multiple NDEs from 1974-1986. First: dentist overdosed her on nitrous oxide, she saw purple skeleton playing guitar before floating above watching revival attempts. Second: during massive pelvic infection, found herself in black cold void feeling utterly alone. Third/Fourth: lion attack pulled her through fence, experienced time slowing, consciousness splitting, lost normal vision seeing only grey shadows. During surgery, encountered four robed beings in ethereal whiteness repeatedly saying "Suicide is wrong," "Love is all that matters." Taken to colorful park where she spent coma with deceased grandfather. Immediately mentioned grandfather upon awakening though no man had been present. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: Out-of-body experiences, encounters with robed spiritual beings delivering moral messages, reunion with deceased in paradise-like setting. White ethereal space and beautiful park align with heavenly descriptions. Emphasis on love being paramount aligns with biblical teaching. Unbiblical elements: Void/darkness experience concerning but occurred during illness not judgment. Purple skeleton unusual. Message to "shun those who have killed themselves" contradicts Christian compassion. Mentions belief in reincarnation. |
5 | Hospital | 7 | 8 | 15 | Moderate Evidence | 0 | Multiple life-threatening events including overdose, infection, and lion attack | Out-of-body observations during overdose and surgery | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 4/11/2025 | 3 | 0 | Saw purple skeleton playing guitar | 0.00 | Moderately Compatible | 8 | ||||||||||
| 411 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 404 Lavette H NDE 945 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1lavette_h_nde.html | 1977 | 2004 | F |
Lavette was pushed into deep end of pool and could not swim. Upon touching bottom, her self came out behind right shoulder. Watched body drowning with complete detachment. Questioned being in two places simultaneously. Touched hands together and felt sensation. Exclaimed she could breathe underwater. Heard poolside voices discussing drowning body, sensed their emotions yet remained unconcerned. Colors and light more vibrant than normal. Felt body was just a coat, free from pain and burdens. When rescued, instantly returned angry. Then experienced all terror body had felt while separated. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: Classic out-of-body consciousness consistent with spirit-body duality. Detachment while maintaining consciousness aligns with being absent from body. Enhanced perception reflects biblical spiritual existence. Freedom from earthly burdens matches scripture. Unbiblical elements: None identified. Straightforward experience without conflicting theology. |
5 | Other | 5 | 10 | 15 | Moderate Evidence | 0 | Clear drowning incident with life-threatening submersion | Detailed OBE observations including hearing conversations and sensing emotions | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4/11/2025 | 2 | 0 | Watched body drowning from outside | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 6 | ||||||||||
| 412 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 460 Le Monde NDE 1041 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1le_monde_nde.html | 2002 | 2004 | F |
Le Monde experienced thermal shock leaving 70-degree sauna into cold December garage. Felt giddiness and intense pain, lost consciousness hearing deafening noise. Had life review showing forgotten experiences including from babyhood, like fast carousel. Saw father, brother, sister, smiling grandfather, and deceased uncle. Felt floating and rotating without body. Observed from above: recumbent body, friend shaking her, father slapping cheek. Heard shouting, returned suddenly. Parents revealed grandfather had called minutes earlier sensing she was in danger. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: OBE and life review consistent with spiritual experiences. Seeing deceased relatives in comforting context aligns with communion of saints. Grandfather's supernatural knowledge suggests divine awareness acknowledged in scripture. Unbiblical elements: None identified. Contains standard NDE elements without theological conflicts. |
5 | Other | 7 | 12 | 29 | Strong Evidence | 10 | Thermal shock from extreme temperature change causing unconsciousness | OBE observation of revival efforts, grandfather's verified remote awareness | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4/11/2025 | 2 | 1 | Observed revival from above | 0.00 | Grandfather | Highly Compatible | 7 | |||||||||
| 413 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 470 Karol S NDE 1036 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1karol_s_nde.html | 1953 | 2004 | 9 | F |
Nine-year-old Karol had tetanus misdiagnosed as meningitis. Experienced clinical death multiple times. Left body not caring, brief void, then floating toward heaven in white gown. Encountered eight people in horseshoe chairs, middle person (Jesus) in taller chair. Told not her time, must return. Mother said sent back to help uncertain Christians. Hovered over bed seeing mother cry, returned to body, everyone screamed "She's alive!" Said "You owe me nickel, I closed door." Second time sheet pulled over, reached up from gurney. Family said died three times, recalls one heaven visit. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: Seeing heaven with Jesus in authority surrounded by council matches Revelation throne room. Being told earthly mission incomplete and sent to help others find faith aligns with Great Commission. White gown represents righteousness. Structured heavenly scene matches biblical imagery. Unbiblical elements: None identified. Remarkably consistent with biblical descriptions of heaven and divine purpose. |
5 | Hospital | 10 | 8 | 18 | Moderate Evidence | 0 | Clinical death from tetanus, misdiagnosed as meningitis | Specific details of heavenly panel with Jesus in central elevated chair | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4/11/2025 | 1 | 0 | Heavenly panel with Jesus | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 8 | |||||||||
| 414 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 395 Keith P NDE 936 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1keith_p_nde.html | 1999 | 2004 | M |
Keith had severe leg cramp, went to bathroom. Head buzzing, lost consciousness. Found himself moving without walking, warm wind on back, enveloped in total peace, love, contentment - called it Heaven. Sensed others like crowded bar, quickly faded. Looked through bedroom wall, saw wife at computer in chat room. Watched her walk through him. Wife found body eyes open, not breathing, blue lips and fingers. Began CPR. Keith initially resented revival, feeling was so peaceful. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: Overwhelming peace, love, contentment explicitly identified as Heaven aligns with God's presence descriptions. OBE with spiritual sight through walls. Initial sensing of others could be saints or angels. Resentment at revival echoes Paul's tension about departing versus remaining. Unbiblical elements: None identified. Experience focuses on divine presence emotions. |
5 | Home | 7 | 10 | 24 | Moderate Evidence | 7 | Grand mal seizure severe enough to stop breathing | Specific observation of wife at computer through walls | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4/11/2025 | 1 | 1 | Saw wife through walls | 1.00 | Wife | Highly Compatible | 6 | |||||||||
| 415 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 369 Lorraine I NDE 900 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1lorraine_i_nde.html | 1980 | 2004 | F |
During a criminal attack involving suffocation, Lorraine experienced an out-of-body experience where she floated above her body and observed the scene from above. She rose through the house, viewing rooftops and gardens from an aerial perspective. She was greeted by relatives with overwhelming love and surrounded by beautiful living light. She was shown her future life, experiencing years of pain that gradually transformed into wonderful experiences. The veridical observations included seeing her body on the bed with two men present and aerial views of specific details in neighbors' gardens that she considered verifying later. She experienced profound spiritual transformation despite initially repressing the memories for three months due to trauma. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: The experience contains classic NDE elements including out-of-body experience, encountering deceased relatives filled with love, being surrounded by divine light, receiving knowledge about her future, and being sent back with a purpose. These align with biblical concepts of the spirit separating from the body and divine encounters. Unbiblical elements: The narrative includes a vision of the future shown "flashed across the sky" which could be interpreted as divination. The experience was repressed and forgotten for months, which differs from biblical encounters that typically leave lasting immediate impact. |
5 | Home | 5 | 8 | 13 | Suggestive Evidence | 0 | Criminal attack with suffocation causing loss of consciousness | Out-of-body observations of room scene and aerial views of neighborhood gardens with specific details | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4/11/2025 | 2 | 0 | Observed self and attackers from above | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 8 | ||||||||||
| 416 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 392 Louis B NDE 924 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1louis_b_nde.html | 2004 | 2004-02-14 | 2004 | M |
Louis was in a car accident where his ribs were broken just before clinical death occurred. He reported being dead for approximately five minutes. Upon leaving his body, he found himself standing in an area filled with red and green flowers. A man standing near a small building directed him to go to a window where he was told it was not his time and to go back. He experienced instantaneous transportation to this otherworldly realm immediately after the accident. The environment was described as clearly mystical with beautiful, unusual colored flowers covering the area. He felt fully alert and alive during the experience despite being clinically dead. Upon being sent back, he immediately returned to his body in the car, experiencing pain once again. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: The experience includes separation from the physical body at death, entering an otherworldly realm of beauty, encountering a being who made decisions about his fate, and being sent back because it was not his time. These elements align with biblical concepts of the soul's journey after death. Unbiblical elements: None specifically identified. The unusual red and green flowers and the building with a window are unique details but not contradictory to scripture. |
5 | Other | 10 | 4 | 14 | Suggestive Evidence | 0 | Clinical death in car accident, dead for approximately 5 minutes | Observed otherworldly realm with specific details of red and green flowers | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4/11/2025 | 1 | 0 | Otherworldly environment | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 5 | |||||||||
| 417 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 463 Luis D NDE 1034 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1luis_d_nde.html | 2003 | 2003-05-03 | 2004 | M |
During a motorcycle accident in Mexico, Luis lost consciousness for twenty minutes after hitting bumps at high speed. He experienced incredible peace and was questioned by an authoritative yet gentle voice asking if he would accept pain to save his son trouble. After questioning the connection twice, he agreed to accept the pain and violently returned to consciousness with severe injuries including broken bones and head trauma. A peasant witnessed him unconscious for twenty minutes before help arrived. The experience gave him clarity about his life purpose - to be present for his son and family. He now understands that helping others is the meaning of life and is no longer afraid of death, knowing loved ones go to a better place. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: The experience features a divine authoritative voice offering a choice between life with suffering or death, similar to biblical accounts of divine encounters. The emphasis on sacrifice for family and understanding life's purpose to help others aligns with Christian values of love and service. Unbiblical elements: None identified. The mysterious connection between accepting pain and saving his son trouble could represent spiritual testing consistent with biblical narratives. |
5 | Other | 5 | 2 | 11 | Suggestive Evidence | 4 | Motorcycle accident with 20 minutes unconscious, multiple broken bones | Experience consisted of dialogue with divine voice, no visual observations reported | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4/11/2025 | 0 | 1 | Peasant | Highly Compatible | 6 | ||||||||||
| 418 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 455 Linda B NDE 1030/10084/10085 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1linda_b_nde_1030.html | 1969 | 1969-04-05 | 2004 | F |
Linda experienced severe childbirth complications with days of unproductive labor, cervical deformity preventing delivery, and both mother and baby dying. After refusing abortion despite 50% survival odds, she died in her hospital room. She entered a brilliant blue/white light tunnel, experienced past life review with angelic presence, received her special name from God, and was shown future events. Returning to her body, she observed specific medical details including eight IV bags with brown liquid and heard exact conversations during cardiac arrest in surgery. Her son was born healthy on Easter Sunday after emergency C-section despite being declared brain-dead. Doctor later confirmed she heard everything while unconscious, admitting his shock at the miraculous healthy birth. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: Direct encounter with God's voice, angelic beings providing guidance, divine light, receiving spiritual name, life review showing moral lessons, being sent back with purpose. Birth on Easter Sunday carries resurrection symbolism. Strong themes of faith, prayer, and divine intervention throughout. Unbiblical elements: Being shown specific future events in detail could be seen as divination, though biblical prophets also received visions. The automatic knowledge downloads and seeing angels behind her throughout life is unusual but not contradictory to scripture. |
2 | Hospital | 10 | 18 | 43 | Exceptional Evidence | 15 | Cardiac arrest during childbirth complications, clinical death confirmed | Observed 8 IV bags with brown liquid, heard all surgery conversations while unconscious, saw medical procedures | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4/11/2025 | 3 | 2 | Saw IV setup while floating above body | 0.00 | Doctor Tom | Highly Compatible | 9 | ||||||||
| 419 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 529 Linda S NDE 2082 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1linda_s_nde.html | 1994 | 1994-04-01 | 2004 | F |
Following her sister's death, Linda attempted suicide with massive pill overdose leading to liver failure. In ICU, she went into cardiac and respiratory arrest three times, remaining in coma for six months. During arrest, she floated above her body seeing eight IV bags including one with brown liquid. She fell through darkness encountering terrifying lizard-like creatures until remembering a childhood prayer. Her deceased sister appeared with light, guiding her through a bright tunnel with colors and lights toward a brilliant illumination. A male voice said it wasn't her time and she would help educate many people. She re-entered her comatose body but couldn't move. Now a motivational speaker and Christian, she received "The Courage to Come Back" award. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: Initial hellish realm with demonic creatures, salvation through prayer, deceased relative as guide, divine light and tunnel, God's voice giving life purpose, spiritual transformation to Christianity. Classic heaven/hell imagery with redemption through faith. Unbiblical elements: None identified. The terrifying creatures followed by redemption through prayer strongly aligns with biblical spiritual warfare and salvation themes. |
1 | Hospital | 10 | 8 | 18 | Moderate Evidence | 0 | Cardiac and respiratory arrest three times in ICU, coma for 6 months | Observed 8 IV bags with brown liquid while floating above body in ICU | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4/11/2025 | 1 | 0 | Saw medical setup from above body | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 9 | |||||||||
| 420 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 519 Lorena S NDE 931 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1lorena_s_nde.html | 2004 | 2004-01-29 | 2004 | F |
During routine surgery lasting unexpectedly 3.5 hours instead of 30 minutes, Lorena experienced what doctors called a regressive crisis. After anesthesia at 6:25pm, she fell through dark void and encountered her grandfather who died in 1992. He appeared healthy in white robes, floating barefoot, surrounded by brilliant white light that didn't hurt her eyes. He initially welcomed her with open arms but then prevented her from entering a circle of similarly dressed people. Despite her distress and attempts to enter, he said it wasn't her time and he would return later. Upon waking, she immediately told family "Grandpa comes for me" with complete retention of the experience's peace and love. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: Deceased relative as greeter, brilliant divine light, white robes (Revelation imagery), boundary that cannot be crossed, being sent back as "not your time," profound peace and knowledge of afterlife. Circle of robed figures suggests heavenly assembly. Unbiblical elements: None identified. The encounter aligns with biblical descriptions of the redeemed in white robes and divine timing for death. |
3 | Hospital | 7 | 4 | 15 | Moderate Evidence | 4 | Surgery with partial anesthesia, unexpected complications lasting 3.5 hours | Spiritual observations only - grandfather and circle of people in white | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 4/11/2025 | 0 | 1 | Mother, Father, Aunt Nelly | Highly Compatible | 7 | ||||||||||
| 421 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 457 Maria TK NDE 996 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1maria_tk_nde.html | 1989 | 2004 | F |
Maria was on vacation in Bulgaria when she experienced a miscarriage requiring emergency uterine cleaning surgery. After waiting three days without food or water, she was given what she perceived as an overdose of anesthetic that made her feel like fire killing everything in its way. She felt herself choking and dying, becoming angry at giving her body to incompetent doctors. She then experienced becoming just a voice without a body, feeling shocked but existing in a new state. She was thrown into the middle of what felt like the Sun - the warmest, most beautiful, welcoming light where she felt instantly at home. The light was Love itself with encoded heavenly music. She felt total freedom and did not want to return to Earth where everything was materialistic and difficult. She was pulled back against her will, opened her eyes from top to bottom view, and told the other patients she had been exploring God. The experience took four months to recover from and transformed her from atheist to believer, leading to vegetarianism, prophetic dreams, and spiritual seeking. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: The experience contains several elements consistent with biblical accounts including out-of-body experience, encountering divine light and love that could represent God's presence, transformation from unbelief to faith, and lasting spiritual transformation. The light being described as Love aligns with "God is love" (1 John 4:8). Unbiblical elements: None specifically identified. The experience led to vegetarianism and visiting Krishna temples, but the core NDE itself contains no directly unbiblical content. |
3 | Hospital | 7 | 0 | 7 | Weak Evidence | 0 | Surgery with general anesthesia mentioned, overdose described | No specific veridical observations; experience was transcendent/spiritual only | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 4/11/2025 | 0 | 0 | Highly Compatible | 7 | ||||||||||||
| 422 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 434 Marianna NDE 20456 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1marianna_nde_OBE456.html | 1998 | 2004 | F |
Marianna experienced an ectopic pregnancy requiring emergency surgery in July 1998. Doctors told her she had between two minutes to half an hour to survive. During surgery, she remembered thinking "this is it" as two doctors met her, believing she would not recover due to unbearable pain. She floated toward a bright light feeling calm and wanting to go toward it. She was aware her grandparents were waiting on the other side and felt very calm. A female voice told her it wasn't her time and she had to go back, which disappointed her. She then heard a nurse telling her to wake up. Later she learned the situation was more serious than initially thought - she had one tube removed and had to be revived due to very low blood pressure. The experience changed her outlook on life, making her realize life is precious with only one chance, and led her to attend church more frequently. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: Experience includes out-of-body sensation, bright divine light, awareness of deceased relatives, and a voice sending her back (similar to many biblical accounts of divine intervention). The transformation toward increased church attendance shows positive spiritual fruit. Unbiblical elements: None identified in this account. |
5 | Hospital | 5 | 0 | 5 | Weak Evidence | 0 | Ectopic pregnancy with life-threatening emergency, required revival | No veridical observations reported | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 4/11/2025 | 0 | 0 | Highly Compatible | 6 | ||||||||||||
| 423 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 388 Marie J NDE 938 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1marie_j_nde.html | 1980 | 2004 | F |
Marie was bathing in the ocean when she got trapped in a roller wave. Having nearly drowned the year before from panicking, she decided to remain calm and wait. She found herself in another universe, first in complete blackness, then saw her life passing by extremely fast. She experienced perfect happiness where she was no longer "a nothing inside everything, but an everything inside nothing." Time and space ceased to exist - she didn't undergo feelings but became feeling itself. She was engulfed in the most perfect happiness until regaining consciousness on the sand. Her outlook on life completely changed. For five years she didn't tell anyone but recalled the feeling daily, crying with happiness. She later had another OBE when receiving bad news, floating near the ceiling in perfect happiness with waves of energy around her spirit. She struggled to return to comfort her crying husband. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: The experience includes typical NDE elements of leaving the body, experiencing transcendent joy and peace, life review, and lasting positive transformation. The perfect happiness and unity described could represent divine communion. Unbiblical elements: Later drug use (acid, ecstasy) to try recreating the experience shows problematic seeking methods, though the original NDE itself contained no unbiblical content. |
5 | Other | 5 | 0 | 5 | Weak Evidence | 0 | Near-drowning in ocean, life-threatening situation | No veridical observations, purely transcendent experience | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4/11/2025 | 0 | 0 | Highly Compatible | 8 | ||||||||||||
| 424 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 419 Maggie S NDE 971 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1maggie_s_nde.html | 1999 | 1999-12-17 | 2004 | F |
Maggie was hospitalized with heart attacks, lung infection and pneumonia in December 1999. Her heart was 60% scar tissue and doctors were concerned about her recovery. In great unbearable pain, she thought she had been taken by aliens due to the stainless steel and white surroundings. She was transported to a great meadow with green grass and colorful flowers. Her deceased mother was to the right planting orange tiger lilies by a bench but wouldn't look at or respond to her calls, which made her feel peaceful. Her friend Buddy who had committed suicide appeared on a hill but transformed into Alfred Hitchcock who walked away. She fell asleep in soft pillows waiting to die, feeling relief and no worry. She awoke being pulled back with a whoosh, alive in enormous pain with three friends (Guy, Sandy, Emily) smiling at her. The experience helped her release grief and guilt over her mother's and Buddy's deaths, quit smoking, and feel grateful to be alive daily. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: Encounter with deceased loved ones, beautiful otherworldly realm resembling paradise, supernatural peace, relief from earthly burdens, and positive transformation including release from guilt and addiction. Unbiblical elements: None directly identified, though the Alfred Hitchcock appearance is unusual. |
1 | Hospital | 10 | 0 | 10 | Suggestive Evidence | 0 | Heart attacks with severe damage, life-threatening condition in hospital | No veridical observations of earthly events | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4/11/2025 | 0 | 0 | Highly Compatible | 6 | |||||||||||
| 425 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 537 Malcolm G NDE 2358 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1malcolm_g_nde.html | 1974 | 2004 | M |
Malcolm, a young man, suddenly felt extremely ill and collapsed. Diagnosed with flu, he was given antibiotics but worsened over eight days, developing high fever, unable to eat or drink, lapsing in and out of consciousness. His uncle carried him back to the doctor who diagnosed double pneumonia requiring immediate hospitalization. While a nurse inserted an IV, he felt complete weightlessness and floated upward to the ceiling nine feet above. He saw his own body - grey, gaunt, with sunken eye sockets and cheekbones - yet felt beautiful tranquil peace. He had high alertness and could see/hear everything in the ward. An unseen presence approached with overwhelming love and joy. A soft blue aura surrounded him (which was him). A gentle yet all-powerful voice like a million power stations said "Malcolm...Malcolm, it's not your time. Go back now." He woke two days later in a different ward. Previously atheist, he now believes in God and developed ability to lay hands on sick for healing. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: Out-of-body experience seeing own body, divine voice commanding return (sovereignty over life/death), overwhelming divine love, transformation from atheism to faith, gift of healing through laying on hands (biblical spiritual gift). Unbiblical elements: None identified. Healing gift aligns with biblical spiritual gifts. |
5 | Hospital | 10 | 4 | 14 | Suggestive Evidence | 0 | Clinical death from double pneumonia requiring hospitalization | Observed own body from ceiling perspective with specific details | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4/11/2025 | 1 | 0 | Saw own body from ceiling while floating above | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 6 | ||||||||||
| 426 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 398 Maria N NDE 20384 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1maria_n_nde.html | 2001 | 2004 | F |
Maria experienced complications during laparoscopy surgery in 2001. She felt energy suctioning her to a bright light, traveled through a garden with strong rose scent, heard harps playing sweet melody. She felt her grandmother's presence without seeing her. She viewed a surgery room from the ceiling corner angle, seeing a patient on the table with medical staff around them, observing the patient's legs but not face, knowing the patient was deceased. She experienced overwhelming peace, warmth, love, with all sadness and emptiness gone. A strong vibrant male voice commanded her three times to go back as it wasn't her time, though she wanted to stay. Upon waking with tears, she told the nurse "I saw all of you working on a patient that was deceased" and could describe staff positions. The nurse looked startled and told others to remain quiet. Her physician left immediately without discussing her status. Her mother later revealed her husband was told about severe complications but that she was now stable. She now senses negative energy, has prophetic dreams, and once predicted a minor traffic accident that occurred that same day. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: Divine commanding voice showing sovereignty over life/death, overwhelming divine love and peace, prophetic gifts developing after experience (biblical spiritual gift), transformation of spiritual awareness. Unbiblical elements: Sensing "negative energy" could be interpreted as new age concept, though might also represent spiritual discernment. |
3 | Hospital | 7 | 10 | 24 | Moderate Evidence | 7 | Laparoscopy surgery with severe complications under anesthesia | Observed surgery room from ceiling, saw deceased patient, described staff positions | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 4/11/2025 | 1 | 1 | Viewed surgery room from ceiling corner angle | 1.00 | Nurse (unnamed) | Moderately Compatible | 8 | |||||||||
| 427 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 523 Mary L NDE 2073 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1mary_l_nde.html | 2000 | 2000-07-04 | 2004 | F |
Mary was riding her bicycle and stopped at a wooden bridge. The front tire got caught in the slats, causing her to fall. She lost consciousness and found herself in a beautiful, brightly lit place with green grass, a pond or lake, and trees. She realized she was sitting on the lap of a man in white robes with dark hair - she recognized him as Jesus. He held and comforted her with overwhelming love and peace, patting her shoulder and back. No words were spoken but the communication was clear through feelings. She could hear her boyfriend calling for help from far away. When she awoke, she had broken her hip but felt little pain initially. The white light stayed with her for 5-7 days after the experience. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: This experience contains highly biblical elements including direct encounter with Jesus Christ in white robes, overwhelming divine love and peace, beautiful otherworldly realm with natural beauty, and divine comfort during trauma. The non-verbal communication through pure love and the lasting spiritual light are consistent with biblical accounts of divine encounters. Unbiblical elements: None identified. The experience aligns completely with Christian theology regarding Jesus as comforter and the nature of divine love. |
5 | Other | 5 | 8 | 13 | Suggestive Evidence | 0 | Trauma from bicycle accident with loss of consciousness and broken hip | Specific details about Jesus appearance, the environment, and boyfriend's voice from distance | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4/11/2025 | 2 | 0 | Saw Jesus in white robes | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 7 | |||||||||
| 428 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 373 Meg A NDE 903 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1meg_a_nde.html | 2002 | 2004 | 22 | F |
Meg was in a car with her friend Gareth who had been drinking and wasn't supposed to be driving his father's car. During an argument, Gareth slammed the accelerator and attempted a dangerous U-turn, causing a crash. Meg floated out of her body through a tunnel of light but suddenly stopped and began falling rapidly toward darkness and fire. She landed in a hellish realm where distorted creatures grabbed her, tore at her skin and hair, and dragged her toward black gates. The beings knew personal details about her life and tormented her. She witnessed other people being terrorized, including children, and saw Gareth crucified upside down being whipped while his flesh melted. Despite calling out to various deities, relief only came when she "gave up" and was pulled back through the tunnel. She awoke to learn she had been resuscitated after two hours, while Gareth had died thirty minutes before her revival. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: The experience includes a tunnel, hellish realm with fire and torment, demonic beings with knowledge of personal sins, separation from God, and the ineffectiveness of calling on false gods. The crucifixion imagery and ultimate deliverance through surrender align with Christian themes. Unbiblical elements: The ability to escape hell through personal surrender rather than faith in Christ contradicts orthodox Christian doctrine of eternal judgment. The presence of children in hell and the suggestion that prayer can help those already dead conflicts with biblical teaching. |
2 | Hospital | 10 | 18 | 38 | Exceptional Evidence | 10 | Cardiac arrest requiring 2 hours of resuscitation attempts | Specific details about Gareth's death before hers, personal information known by demons, detailed hellish imagery | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4/11/2025 | 3 | 1 | Saw Gareth being tortured in hell | 0.00 | Female doctor and medical team | Mixed Compatibility | 9 | ||||||||
| 429 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 500 Michael D NDE 2028 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1michael_d_nde.html | 1971 | 2004 | 7 | M |
Seven-year-old Michael had contracted Scarlet Fever and was in bed with an extremely high fever. He found himself looking through his bedroom door, hovering above his body. A luminous being appeared in the doorway wearing a long, shiny metallic robe that reached the floor. The being's face radiated bright light that was love itself, with long flowing hair. Though he couldn't see facial features due to the brightness, he felt it was a woman who was smiling. Through telepathic communication, she told him he was special and had an important task to fulfill in life, that he would go through difficult lessons but come out okay, and would touch many lives. His mother then walked through the being and touched him, making him painfully aware of his ill body. His mother had awakened with a strong feeling to check on him and found him with dangerously high fever, immediately putting him in a cold bath. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: The experience includes an angelic being radiating divine light and love, prophetic message about life purpose, supernatural knowledge and guidance, and divine intervention through prompting Michael's mother to check on him. The telepathic communication and downloading of information mirrors biblical accounts of divine revelations. Unbiblical elements: None identified. The experience aligns with biblical accounts of angelic visitations and divine purposes for individuals. |
5 | Home | 5 | 12 | 24 | Moderate Evidence | 7 | Scarlet Fever with dangerously high temperature requiring immediate intervention | Detailed description of luminous being, telepathic message content, mother walking through being | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4/11/2025 | 1 | 1 | Saw mother walk through luminous being | 1.00 | Mother | Highly Compatible | 7 | ||||||||
| 430 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 379 Marilyn Y NDE 909 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1marilyn_y_nde.html | 2004 | 2004-01-20 | 2004 | F |
Marilyn experienced anaphylactic shock from the antibiotic Avelox and passed out. EMTs carried her down from the second floor of her house while she was unconscious. During this time, she saw a glorious golden light with a group of people standing there of all shapes and heights. She couldn't remember faces but felt happy and content. The EMTs were telling her not to tighten her arms but she was unaware of this at the time. When the EMTs put her on the gurney and shook her awake, she initially didn't know where she was and felt sadness at waking up. She believes some of the figures would have been her deceased relatives though she couldn't see faces. Her husband was home due to being laid off, which she believes was divine providence as she would have died without help. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: The golden divine light, presence of what appear to be deceased loved ones, feelings of peace and contentment in the spiritual realm, and the providential timing of her husband being home all align with biblical themes of divine care and the afterlife. Unbiblical elements: None identified. The experience contains standard NDE elements consistent with Christian understanding of the afterlife. |
5 | Home | 5 | 8 | 13 | Suggestive Evidence | 0 | Anaphylactic shock from antibiotic requiring emergency medical response | Specific details about golden light, group of various sizes, EMT actions while unconscious | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4/11/2025 | 1 | 0 | Saw golden light with group of people | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 7 | |||||||||
| 431 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 459 Mario D NDE 10083 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1mario_d_nde.html | 2004 | M |
Mario was in a head-on car collision that left him with multiple fractures and in a deep coma for two days, suspended between life and death. He experienced extraordinary love, light, and perfume in a state of universal beatitude. His deceased grandmother appeared, showing him a 100 lira coin like she used to give him secretly as a child. She communicated telepathically that he must return as he had many things to do. Looking down, he saw himself dying on a hospital bed with medical staff working on him. He observed a short physician with curly hair and beard intubating him and spreading blue light from his hands. After awakening (initially speaking and writing backwards), he identified this physician from a photo, only to learn the doctor had died years earlier. Three months later, he found an identical 100 lira coin in his wrecked car. Following recovery, he discovered he had healing energy abilities and eventually became a professional healer. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: Encounter with deceased loved one, divine light and love, being sent back with a purpose, miraculous healing abilities afterward, and apparent angelic intervention through the deceased physician all have biblical parallels. The transformation and spiritual gifts align with biblical accounts of divine encounters. Unbiblical elements: The deceased physician actively participating in earthly healing years after death conflicts with biblical teaching about the separation between the living and dead. The energy healing practices developed afterward lean toward New Age concepts rather than biblical spiritual gifts. |
4 | Hospital | 10 | 20 | 40 | Exceptional Evidence | 10 | Head-on collision resulting in deep coma for two days with multiple fractures | Identified deceased physician, found coin in car matching vision, observed medical procedures while comatose | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4/11/2025 | 3 | 2 | Saw deceased physician working on him | 1.00 | Nurses | Mixed Compatibility | 8 | ||||||||||
| 432 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 483 Marta M NDE 2002 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1marta_m_nde.html | 1952 | 2004 | F |
Marta became dizzy and collapsed on the front porch. She remembers floating up into a tube-like area with a very bright light at the end. Everything was turning around like a tornado as she elevated toward the light. She felt incredibly relaxed and comfortable, more than ever before, and didn't want to be disturbed despite hearing her father's voice trying to bring her around. She just wanted to keep going toward the light. The walls around her seemed like spinning air and the light was so bright she couldn't see anything else. Sound was muffled as if she was in some sort of barrier. She felt wonderful, very happy and content, with incredible peace and joy, united with the universe. After the experience, she developed psychic abilities including sensing future events and became skilled at tarot card reading, though she stopped due to it being draining. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: The tunnel of light, feelings of incredible peace and joy, and the transformative nature of the experience align with some biblical accounts of divine encounters. The overwhelming sense of unity and understanding could reflect spiritual awakening. Unbiblical elements: The development of psychic abilities and tarot card reading afterward are explicitly condemned in scripture as forms of divination. These occult practices directly contradict biblical teachings. |
6 | Home | 3 | 8 | 11 | Suggestive Evidence | 0 | Unexplained collapse with loss of consciousness | Detailed description of tornado-like tunnel, bright light, muffled sounds | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4/11/2025 | 1 | 0 | Floating through tornado-like tunnel toward light | 0.00 | Low Compatibility | 7 | ||||||||||
| 433 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 482 Mo C NDE 2021 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1mo_c_nde.html | 1983 | 2004 | M |
During surgery in 1983, Mo C experienced clinical death and operating room complications. While under anesthesia, he remained aware but did not have an out-of-body experience. Instead, he found himself in complete darkness where he could still see clearly. Several demonic beings approached him - short, upright creatures in black hooded robes with round faces, pointed teeth, and claws. They shuffled toward him carrying butcher knives, snarling and fighting over who would get him. They decided to dismember him so each could have a piece. As he tried to fight them off, they suddenly stopped without any command, turned around, and shuffled away into what appeared to be a dark cave entrance. The next thing he knew, a nurse was waking him up. Mo describes feeling extreme fear during the experience and notes that everything was more vivid and real than normal consciousness. Time seemed to happen all at once, and his thoughts were incredibly fast. Despite the darkness, he could see clearly. He encountered what he definitively identified as demons and felt he entered a clearly mystical realm. After the experience, Mo reports becoming a genuine Christian rather than just claiming to be one, and has become more emotional with greater empathy and understanding for others. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: The experience contains strong biblical themes of spiritual warfare and demonic attack. The demons appeared as evil beings seeking to harm the experiencer, consistent with biblical descriptions of demonic entities as destroyers. The sudden departure of the demons without visible command suggests divine intervention or protection, aligning with biblical accounts of God's sovereignty over evil forces. Unbiblical elements: None identified. The experience aligns with biblical descriptions of demonic beings and spiritual warfare. The transformation toward genuine faith following the encounter is consistent with biblical accounts of spiritual awakening through trials. |
3 | Hospital | 7 | 0 | 7 | Weak Evidence | 0 | Surgery with complications and clinical death mentioned, indicating general anesthesia | No veridical observations - experience was entirely subjective with demonic encounter | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 4/11/2025 | 0 | 0 | Highly Compatible | 6 | ||||||||||||
| 434 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 486 Muriel F NDE 2040 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1muriel_f_nde.html | 1990 | 1990-06-24 | 2004 | F |
During childbirth surgery on June 24, 1990, Muriel F experienced a life-threatening event under anesthesia. She saw a light and felt a warm blanketing feeling of peace surrounding her. While looking behind for her husband Buck and baby Roy, she felt intense concern for them. She encountered presences who told her that her time wasn't up, though she couldn't see their faces clearly. The presence of God commanded her attention and reassured her directly. God spoke to Muriel saying: "Muriel don't worry, Buck and Roy will be fine. I just need you to listen to me and understand what I am saying to you." After she agreed, God told her: "Don't worry. No matter what happens you will be alright." She found this statement strange but intuitively knew everything was okay and became focused back on her family. The experience occurred during a three-hour surgery from noon to 3:00 PM, though it seemed to last only a brief second. Muriel sensed beings who seemed to be angels or people who had been on Earth before her or knew her. They communicated love, compassion, and that she wasn't finished with her time on Earth. She experienced unity with the universe, incredible peace, and understanding about everything. She felt the beings knew something about the future she didn't. Years later, after being diagnosed with a life-crippling disease, she understood the meaning of God's reassurance that she would be alright regardless of what happened. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: Direct encounter with God, presence of angel-like beings, divine reassurance and prophecy about future challenges, recognition of a higher order looking out for humanity. The experience reinforced belief in God and divine providence. Unbiblical elements: None identified. The experience maintains biblical orthodoxy with God providing comfort and foreknowledge, consistent with biblical accounts of divine encounters. |
3 | Hospital | 7 | 0 | 7 | Weak Evidence | 0 | Surgery with life-threatening complications during childbirth | No specific veridical observations reported, entirely subjective spiritual experience | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 4/11/2025 | 0 | 0 | Highly Compatible | 6 | |||||||||||
| 435 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 450 Michael D NDEs 1026 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1michael_d_ndes.html | 2004 | 2004-01-25 | 2004 | M |
Michael D experienced two NDEs from suicide attempts in 2004. In January, after years of abuse and depression, he stabbed himself four times in the chest during a confrontation with his father. During eight hours of surgery and two weeks on a ventilator, he experienced clinical death for 90 minutes. He heard his parents arguing about a DNR order, with his mother refusing to sign it. He left his body, saw his parents in the hallway arguing, walked back to see himself dying on the bed, then heard his father say "Okay save him, I want my son." Michael entered complete blackness - no walls, no direction, just blackness where he felt lost. Then a brilliant flash of rainbow light approached, warm and full of love, forgiveness, with angels singing. The colors spoke to him mentally, saying he was home and everything would be explained. A golden center asked if he knew where he was. He was shown photos of his life, feeling his parents' intense love and pain. He saw visions of his father's future depression if he stayed dead, and his mother crying on a green hillside. His deceased friend's mother (Mandy's mom who died in November 2003) appeared as an angel, advising him to return because his parents loved him. He was told to close his eyes and listen to the angels sing, then felt himself falling in circles back to his body, hitting it like falling off a roof with immense pain. In July, he attempted again by stabbing his left chest and hanging himself. During surgery to remove his spleen, his deceased mother came to him, showing him his father's love and making him feel what his father felt when cutting him down. She showed him his father crying and praying in the waiting room. This time he had no choice but to return. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: Life review with moral assessment, encounter with deceased as angels/guides, understanding of universal love, return against will showing divine sovereignty, transformation toward genuine faith and deeper understanding of life's meaning as a gift from God. Unbiblical elements: Limited concern - the ability to see and predict future events developed after the experience could be seen as divination, though presented as a spiritual gift. |
5 | Hospital | 10 | 10 | 20 | Moderate Evidence | 0 | Clinical death for 90 minutes, multiple surgeries, ventilator support | Out-of-body observations of parents arguing, seeing own body, awareness while clinically dead | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4/11/2025 | 2 | 0 | Heard parents arguing about DNR | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 9 | |||||||||
| 436 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 502 Michelle M NDE 2018 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1michelle_m_nde.html | 1991 | 1991-10-13 | 2004 | F |
On October 13, 1991, Michelle M saw a car coming, screamed "NO" with her hand out, then experienced nothingness - a complete void. She encountered a white being of light who informed her "You were in an accident." She felt this wasn't quite an angel but a kind, loving being. She understood her life was over and felt initial sadness, then acceptance with love and understanding. Other beings appeared like waiting family members, bringing joy, happiness, and compassion, though she didn't recognize them from life. She witnessed awesome beauty beyond expression, including a bright city in the distance with beautiful colors and structures. Communication occurred through mental understanding rather than speech. She felt she was reawakening or remembering home, like waking in a strange place and gradually remembering where you truly belong. Michelle experienced her entire life review, feeling pleasant and at peace, experiencing all emotions from everyone around her throughout her life. She understood life was like a dream - intense but brief, and that everyone was ultimately okay regardless of what happened. She perceived consciousness as one vast being with all things as different parts of the same body. She saw her children's futures - her twin sons would have good lives, but her daughter would face awful things and need her. This attachment to her daughter meant she wasn't finished with life. Two beautiful men accompanied her as she traveled, seeing Earth's stunning beauty and the infinite universe before returning to the emergency room in horrible pain, initially unable to remember her name or location. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: Encounter with beings of light, life review with moral understanding, unity of consciousness reflecting divine connection, seeing future events, and return based on unfinished purpose. The experience of overwhelming love and understanding of life's temporary nature aligns with biblical spiritual teachings. Unbiblical elements: The concept of all consciousness being one vast being with everything as parts of the same body leans toward pantheistic ideas rather than biblical theism. Post-NDE abilities of ESP and manifestation through awareness could be considered problematic. |
5 | Ambulance | 5 | 8 | 13 | Suggestive Evidence | 0 | Life-threatening car accident requiring emergency response | Future visions of children's lives that reportedly came true exactly as seen | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4/11/2025 | 2 | 0 | Saw twin sons' future | 1.00 | Mixed Compatibility | 9 | |||||||||
| 437 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 439 Miranda G NDE 1008 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1miranda_g_nde.html | 2004 | 2004-01-08 | 2004 | F |
On January 8, 2004, Miranda G was in a rollover accident and became unresponsive. She could hear everyone talking and telling her to pull through. She felt heavy weight on her chest, couldn't breathe, then the room went dark. She felt light as air, floating to the top of the room. She saw doctors and nurses running into a room where someone was coding. Her brother (a medic) was doing CPR while her dad and step-mom looked worried. From the ceiling, Miranda saw her own body being worked on and understood why her family looked worried. Everything went into fast-forward: she saw one brother crying over his laptop, her step-dad and another brother crying in the hospital chapel, and remarkably, her aunt (in another state) crying at work, holding her necklace cross. After feeling lost in complete blackness, she was pushed toward a bright, overwhelming yet calming light filled with love. Rainbow prism-like lights approached, telling her everything would be okay. She met her deceased mother (died November 2003), grandfather (June 2003), stepmother's aunt (May 2002), and family friend (August 2003). Her mother insisted she return as it wasn't her time. The deceased relatives made her lie down, and as she listened to her mother's voice and music, she saw light spots floating up while learning things she didn't previously know. She returned to her body feeling pain in her right hip and left wrist from the accident injuries. After the experience, Miranda developed abilities to know what people will say before they speak, finish others' ideas, know test answers, see emotions as light, and accurately predicted her step-mom's pregnancy and loss of a twin. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: Out-of-body experience, encounter with deceased relatives serving as guides, life review elements, divine light and music, involuntary return showing divine sovereignty. The deceased relatives' role in sending her back aligns with communion of saints concept. Unbiblical elements: Development of psychic abilities including precognition and seeing emotions as light resembles New Age practices more than biblical spiritual gifts. |
5 | Hospital | 10 | 18 | 35 | Exceptional Evidence | 7 | Clinical death requiring CPR in rollover accident, multiple witnesses | Multiple specific distant observations including aunt in another state, verified family locations | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4/11/2025 | 5 | 1 | Saw brother doing CPR | 1.00 | Family members | Moderately Compatible | 8 | ||||||||
| 438 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 368 Nancy H NDE 897 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1nancy_h_nde.html | 1980 | 2004 | F |
Nancy was at the dentist having a root canal when the dentist, who had a cocaine problem and was high, gave her too much nitrous oxide, cutting off her air supply. She struggled initially but then left her body, floating above the dental chair and passing through the second-story wall. She hovered over the Pacific Coast Highway watching cars below, feeling extremely peaceful. She then shot through space at what seemed like light speed, passing stars, until she suddenly stopped at the fringes of a beautiful golden light with sparkles that filled her with unconditional pure love and intense peace. She encountered her deceased friend Scott who had committed suicide. They communicated telepathically, and she could physically feel his hug. Scott appeared completely at peace and happy. The golden light communicated that she was completely loved and that "EVERYTHING IS COMPLETELY ALRIGHT," washing away every fear she ever had, including concerns about having had an abortion. The light conveyed complete understanding of the human condition. Scott told her she had gone too far and needed to return immediately. She was also told there was much more she had to do before coming back permanently, delivered with a fatherly chuckle as if she had been rambunctious in arriving too soon. She heard the dentist frantically calling her to come back and hitting her body. Feeling sorry for the panicked dentist, she immediately shot back into her body. Re-entering was extremely difficult - she was initially just a small ball behind her chest wall and had to struggle tremendously to take her first breath, the hardest thing she had ever done. Upon gasping, her spirit suddenly filled her entire body. She chose not to tell the dentist about the profound spiritual experience to protect it from being dismissed. The experience left her knowing that death is beautiful, that God's love is for everyone regardless of religion or orientation, and that she has important work to do in life, though the specific purpose remains at a subconscious level. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: The experience contains several elements consistent with biblical accounts including separation from the physical body, encountering a divine light representing God's presence, meeting deceased individuals in an afterlife realm, receiving divine communication about life purpose, and being sent back with unfinished earthly work. The golden light's message of complete love and forgiveness aligns with biblical themes of divine grace and mercy. Unbiblical elements: The account includes communication with someone who committed suicide being in a peaceful, beautiful place, which some interpret as conflicting with traditional views on suicide. The telepathic communication and the suggestion that God's love extends equally to all religions contradicts biblical exclusivity of salvation through Christ. The experience lacks explicit Christian imagery such as Jesus, angels, or biblical heaven descriptions. |
5 | Other | 5 | 14 | 26 | Strong Evidence | 7 | Life-threatening overdose with cessation of breathing documented, though not in hospital setting | Multiple specific observations including floating above body, passing through wall, observing highway below, and detailed description of encounter with deceased friend. Physical sensation of hug still remembered. | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4/11/2025 | 3 | 1 | Observed self and dental procedure from above | 0.00 | Dentist | Mixed Compatibility | 8 | |||||||||
| 439 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 358 Nigel M NDE 880 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1nigel_m_nde.html | 2003 | 2004 | M |
Nigel suffered a catastrophic kite surfing accident that threw him approximately 70 meters horizontally and 6 meters vertically into the edge of his house roof. He sustained 21 fractures to his hips, ribs, and shoulders, severe concussion, punctured lung, severe internal and external bruising, and shock. He remained unconscious for 14 hours with only brief moments of semi-consciousness lasting seconds. During his unconscious state, he found himself at the edge of a swirling mass of dark, depressed beings moving like a nauseating current. The mass was rotating rapidly, with beings that looked like walking skeletons being pushed toward the outer edge where they fell into nothingness or death. He struggled against this current, feeling he did not want to go to that edge. In the far distance at the center of this mass, he saw a bright light. Through trial and error or external guidance, he discovered that only by thinking pure thoughts of helping others could he move toward the central light. Any self-centered thought immediately threw him back toward the outer edge of the revolving mass. He had to maintain complete focus on compassion and helping others. He passed several people he recognized and could see their true nature through colors radiating from their bodies. Any judgment of them immediately sent him back to the outer edge. By chanting "Just helping people" as a mantra, he eventually reached the inner circle where calm, pure beings sat around a large glowing white light. In this sacred space, he had to keep his thoughts totally pure. He was told the only way to melt into the light was to empty his mind while maintaining focus on helping others. Upon doing so, he experienced indescribable bliss, feeling part of everything while simultaneously empty - absolutely purifying, healing, and timeless. His next conscious memory was being back in his body experiencing immense pain, eventually awakening in the ICU at Nelson Hospital. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: The experience contains judgment-like elements with consequences for thoughts and actions, separation into groups based on spiritual state, and the presence of a divine light. The requirement for pure, selfless thoughts aligns with biblical calls to love others and deny self. The sacred space around the light parallels biblical throne room descriptions. The struggle between self-centeredness and compassion reflects biblical spiritual warfare themes. Unbiblical elements: The mechanism of advancement through mental mantras and thought control resembles Eastern meditation practices more than biblical grace. The ability to earn proximity to the divine light through effort contradicts salvation by grace. The absence of Christ, personal deity, or angelic beings differs from biblical accounts. The concept of seeing people's true nature through colors suggests New Age aura reading rather than biblical discernment. |
5 | Hospital | 7 | 12 | 23 | Moderate Evidence | 4 | Severe life-threatening injuries with 21 fractures, punctured lung, 14 hours unconscious | Unique otherworldly observations of swirling mass of beings, movement based on thoughts, recognition of specific people, detailed description of approach to light | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4/11/2025 | 2 | 1 | Observed mass of dark beings in swirling motion | 0.00 | Medical staff at Nelson Hospital ICU | Low Compatibility | 8 | |||||||||
| 440 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 417 Nina H NDE 245 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1nina_h_nde.html | 1955 | 2004 | 9 | F |
At age nine, Nina developed chicken pox which progressed to a serious complication with boils and facial swelling. After playing hard outdoors, she felt like she was "going out of her head" and knew something was seriously wrong. She was hospitalized for a week with nephritis (kidney disease), during which she nearly died according to her mother and doctor. During the critical period in the hospital, Nina found herself in an ethereal place of light that felt safe - neither warm nor cold, just safe. She was no longer in her body but suspended in this light. Below her in a small circle that seemed separate from where she was, she could see the world in color with her mother's and doctor's faces looking at her with deep worry and pain. She felt immense love and compassion for her suffering mother who appeared to be losing her. Even though she was above them, she could paradoxically see their faces looking down at her body. She remained suspended in the light for a while, absolutely knowing what was happening and aware that she could choose where to be. Out of love for her mother, she chose to return. Both her mother and the doctor later confirmed they thought they had almost lost her. The experience left Nina with no fear of death and a deep sense of purpose, particularly regarding Native peoples. She developed heightened sensitivity to people and even inanimate objects. The challenging recovery period included six months of bed rest and over a year of restricted activity, leading to peer abuse that caused emotional difficulties. However, the NDE gave her unique understanding and the ability to help others in crisis, including successfully bringing her brother back from an LSD-induced dissociative state. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: The experience includes clear out-of-body perception consistent with biblical accounts of spiritual consciousness beyond physical death. The ethereal realm of living light aligns with biblical descriptions of divine light and God's presence. The choice to return out of love for her mother reflects biblical themes of sacrificial love. The lasting spiritual transformation and enhanced ability to help others mirrors biblical spiritual gifts. Unbiblical elements: None clearly identified. While the experience lacks explicit Christian imagery like angels or Jesus, it doesn't contain elements that contradict scripture. The focus on love, light, and conscious choice to return for another's wellbeing aligns with biblical values. Her later interest in Native spirituality mentioned in background represents personal development rather than part of the NDE itself. |
5 | Hospital | 5 | 10 | 22 | Moderate Evidence | 7 | Life-threatening nephritis requiring week-long hospitalization, nearly died per medical staff | Observed mother and doctor from above while out of body, saw their worried expressions, specific details about their appearance | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4/12/2025 | 2 | 1 | Saw mother and doctor from above | 0.00 | Doctor | Highly Compatible | 7 | ||||||||
| 441 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 418 Nadir M NDE 964 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1nadir_m_nde.html | 1994 | 2004 | M |
Nadir was with friends in a car celebrating Saudi Arabia's football team reaching the World Cup. While holding the flag and sitting in the car doorway with his upper body outside, his friend lost control of the vehicle at high speed. Nadir saw himself heading rapidly toward a street lamp and quickly entered the car before the crash. He experienced himself as extremely tall and weightless, out of control. His entire life from birth flashed before him as if watching it. He found himself walking with steps that covered ten times normal distance. Looking left and right, he saw many people - some observing him expectantly, others looking at each other. Specifically, he saw people he had mistreated or hurt who looked at him as if wanting revenge. He was forced to stop at what felt like a compulsory stop sign, though a long road to another world stretched ahead that he couldn't reach. He felt extreme fear without his heart beating and his body became intensely cold. He experienced falling from a high cliff into darkness without feeling the impact. After falling, he found himself with a body again, standing up and being hit against hard surfaces left and right before falling on very cold ground. He then saw light and a man's face who looked at him and fled in terror - this was the morgue attendant responsible for burying the dead. Nadir had been pronounced dead for approximately 13 hours and was in the morgue freezer. According to witnesses, he was clinically dead for about 13 hours before reviving in the morgue. He spent an additional hour and 25 minutes before help arrived, though he perceived this as mere minutes. Two of his friends died in the same accident but he didn't encounter them during his experience. The experience taught him about the consequences of hurting others and permanently enhanced his hearing abilities and capacity to perceive people's true intentions. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: The comprehensive life review aligns with biblical concepts of life accountability. Encountering people he had wronged with their desire for justice reflects biblical themes of reaping what one sows and the need for reconciliation. The boundary he couldn't cross parallels biblical accounts of fixed boundaries between life and death. The experience of darkness and falling could represent judgment or spiritual consequences of actions. Unbiblical elements: The concept that those who were wronged will "take their revenge sooner or later" contradicts biblical forgiveness and divine justice rather than personal vengeance. The mechanistic nature of consequences without mention of divine mercy or redemption pathway differs from biblical grace. The enhanced psychic-like ability to know people's hearts contradicts biblical teaching that only God knows hearts. The absence of divine presence, Christ, or redemption opportunity in the face of judgment diverges from biblical accounts. |
2 | Other | 10 | 15 | 35 | Exceptional Evidence | 10 | Clinically dead for 13 hours following car accident, placed in morgue | Detailed life review, saw specific people he had wronged, unique experience of elongated steps, boundary to another world, revival witnessed by morgue attendant | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4/12/2025 | 2 | 1 | Life review showing entire past | 0.00 | Morgue attendant | Mixed Compatibility | 9 | |||||||||
| 442 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 399 Pam A NDE 934 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1pam_a_nde.html | 1984 | 2004 | F |
After falling down, the subject experienced respiratory arrest and cessation of vital functions. She entered into what she described as another universe or space filled with strong light. She felt wonderfully well with no hunger or suffering, experiencing an ability to understand everything and give meaning to her life. She was aware of being dead and earth seemed far away. She could fly and met other beings without bodies, entering them to know their feelings and identities. She then encountered Christ himself, recognizing him immediately. Christ communicated that it was not her time and they would see each other again soon. Despite being attached to her family, this had no importance at that moment. She was attracted back to earth and was angry with her family for resuscitating her. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: The experience contains several elements consistent with biblical accounts including encountering Christ specifically, experiencing a realm of light (consistent with descriptions of heaven as a place of light), meeting other spiritual beings, and receiving a divine message about it not being her time to die. The recognition of Christ and His authority over life and death aligns with Christian theology. Unbiblical elements: None specifically identified. The experience of "entering" other beings to know their feelings is unusual but not necessarily contradictory to scripture, possibly relating to spiritual unity described in biblical texts. |
5 | Unknown | 3 | 2 | 5 | Weak Evidence | 0 | Respiratory arrest and vital function cessation mentioned but no specific medical details | No specific veridical observations of earthly events; experience entirely in spiritual realm | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4/12/2025 | 0 | 0 | Highly Compatible | 8 | ||||||||||||
| 443 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 451 Paul G NDE 106/1029 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1paul_g_nde_106.html | 1981 | 1981-11-01 | 2004 | M |
Marine stabbed in the heart and lung during a violent altercation while defending a fellow Marine. Four attackers, one stabbing him in the pulmonary artery and lung. Subject experienced paralysis and suffocation on the ground. Brad, a Navy sailor, performed CPR and gave rescue breathing. During clinical death, subject experienced out-of-body state as a black translucent shadow made of energy. Stood over his body with spirit feet in his physical head, looking down without remembering being hurt. Made fists with both shadow arms, feeling great power and strength as pure energy. Shot off at 45-degree angle like a rocket through infinite darkness, searching for something unknown. Encountered four beings to his left and a male voice to his right saying "he's not going to make it." This triggered memory of dying, causing return to body through eyes like a cartoon window shade. In ambulance, saw Brad covered in blood and paramedic with IV, gave them both middle fingers saying he would not die. Brad later confirmed he never sat up and subject never moved or spoke in ambulance. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: Out-of-body experience consistent with Paul's experience of being "caught up to the third heaven" (2 Cor 12:2-4). The darkness could represent the valley of the shadow of death (Psalm 23:4). Encountering spiritual beings aligns with biblical accounts of the spiritual realm. The decision to return and fight for life shows human will cooperating with divine timing. Unbiblical elements: The description of becoming "energy" and the absence of light, God, Christ, or heaven is atypical for biblical NDEs. The void/darkness without redemptive elements and the lack of life review or moral dimension differs from many biblical near-death accounts. |
2 | Other | 10 | 10 | 30 | Strong Evidence | 10 | Clear cardiac arrest from stab wound to pulmonary artery and lung, clinical death confirmed | Observed specific details in ambulance (Brad's position, paramedic with IV) that Brad confirmed never happened - subject was unconscious and never moved | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4/12/2025 | 2 | 1 | Saw self from above while paralyzed | 0.00 | Brad (Navy sailor) | Mixed Compatibility | 8 | ||||||||
| 444 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 390 Paula B NDE 937 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1paula_b_nde.html | 1990 | 2004 | F |
Subject experienced severe bleeding during miscarriage, losing consciousness while reaching for a towel after experiencing tub-full blood loss. Upon fainting, she saw several concentric rings of light. The center ring contained her deceased father's face, smiling at her as if she was being silly. The outer ring showed her deceased brother Tony in the lower left, appearing happy to see her at the same age as when he died. Another unidentified figure appeared in upper left ring. She felt great love, peace, and a pulling forward motion, wanting to go with her father. Father communicated it was not her time, appearing to say "Silly Girl -- it's not time for you yet." Subject felt she was meant to return to have more children (had one at time, now has five). Woke to find she had defecated upon herself with husband waking her. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: Vision of deceased family members in light is consistent with biblical concepts of believers being "with the Lord" after death (2 Cor 5:8). The rings of light could represent heavenly glory. Father's message about timing aligns with biblical sovereignty over life and death (Ecclesiastes 3:2). The peace and love experienced reflect biblical descriptions of God's presence. Unbiblical elements: None identified. While communication with the deceased is generally discouraged in scripture, this was an unsolicited vision during a near-death state rather than seeking contact with the dead. |
5 | Home | 5 | 2 | 7 | Weak Evidence | 0 | Severe bleeding from miscarriage causing loss of consciousness | No veridical observations of physical world; entirely visionary experience | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4/12/2025 | 0 | 0 | Moderately Compatible | 7 | ||||||||||||
| 445 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 444 Nona M NDE 959 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1nona_m_nde.html | 2003 | 2003-06-13 | 2004 | F |
Bicycle accident on Friday the 13th in department 13 at milestone 13. Hit twice by truck, suffering head trauma and vertebral fracture. First impact to back of head, lost balance and fell. Second impact to spine, felt nervous system failing. Initially fell into waterhole feet first, then decided to take path toward death with light at end. Reviewed life and family, particularly five-year-old son appearing as smiling angel. Wanted to climb up but could not. An unseen hand grabbed her, no face visible, helped turn head upward toward life. Climbed up and returned. Experience included tunnel, darkness transitioning to light, life review, vision of future, strong emotions, sense of understanding everything about universe, and encounter with helping presence. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: The tunnel with light at the end is consistent with many biblical and Christian NDE accounts. The life review aligns with biblical concepts of life examination. The appearance of her son as an angel and the helping hand could represent divine intervention or angelic assistance as described in Hebrews 1:14. The choice between life and death paths reflects free will within divine sovereignty. Unbiblical elements: None specifically identified. The helping hand without a visible face could represent an angel or divine presence, which is biblically sound. |
5 | Other | 5 | 2 | 7 | Weak Evidence | 0 | Vertebral fracture and head trauma from vehicle accident | No veridical observations of physical events; spiritual/visionary experience only | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4/12/2025 | 0 | 0 | Highly Compatible | 9 | |||||||||||
| 446 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 447 Norella D NDE 10081 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1norella_d_nde.html | 2004 | F |
Fell asleep while driving at 1 a.m., rolled 165 feet and flipped VW 4 times. Brief out-of-body experience hovering over car, observing vehicle and surroundings along highway. Despite being 1 a.m., perceived bright daylight illumination. Then suddenly back in driver's seat upside down trying to escape. Kept experience private for many years. Interpretation: soul briefly leaves body during traumatic physical accidents to avoid experiencing the immediate trauma, like a protective mechanism. Physical awareness may return hours, days, or years later, but the soul/consciousness temporarily separates during impact. Views this as a common experience in severe car accidents. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: Out-of-body experience consistent with biblical concepts of soul/spirit being distinct from physical body (2 Corinthians 5:8). The protective aspect could represent divine protection during trauma. The unusual illumination despite nighttime could represent spiritual sight or divine light. Unbiblical elements: None identified. The interpretation of soul leaving to avoid trauma is speculative but not contradictory to scripture. |
5 | Other | 5 | 4 | 9 | Weak Evidence | 0 | Severe car accident with multiple rollovers and flips | Observed car and highway from above during 1 a.m. accident, saw in daylight conditions | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4/12/2025 | 1 | 0 | Hovering view of accident scene | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 4 | |||||||||||
| 447 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 508 Olivia G NDE 2046 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1olivia_g_nde.html | 1989 | 2004 | 33 | F |
Multiple NDEs due to abnormally strong vagal nerve response causing cardiac arrest after surgeries. Three documented events: 1959 (age 3), 1989 (age 33), and 1998. Most recent: suffocating after thyroid surgery, husband informed she was dying. Out-of-body experience looking down at doctors working while drifting into field of flowers. Deep peace, concern for young children prompted desire to return. After emergency surgery opened airway. Age 33 experience: clinical death - instantly transported from one world to another, like dreaming. Encountered unrecognized being, experienced love and ecstasy of unprecedented intensity. Being gave feeling of total love. Experiences characterized by incredible peace, joy, understanding of universe, and ecstatic emotional states. Under later hypnosis, reconnected with same being from second NDE, experiencing same wonder, love and ecstasy. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: Multiple OBEs consistent with Paul's experience (2 Cor 12). The field of flowers could represent paradise or heavenly gardens. Intense love and peace align with being in God's presence. The concern for children and choice to return shows free will within divine plan. Understanding universal truths reflects spiritual enlightenment described in 1 Corinthians 13:12. Unbiblical elements: The unidentified being providing ecstatic experiences without clear divine identification is concerning. Use of hypnosis to reconnect with the being suggests mediumistic practices warned against in scripture. Claims of understanding "everything about the universe" may reflect gnostic tendencies. |
2 | Hospital | 10 | 4 | 14 | Suggestive Evidence | 0 | Multiple documented cardiac arrests from vagal nerve response after surgeries | Observed doctors working from above during OBE, saw self drifting to flower field | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4/12/2025 | 1 | 0 | Looking down at doctors during resuscitation | 0.00 | Mixed Compatibility | 8 | |||||||||
| 448 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 526 Quinton T NDE 2079 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1quinton_t_nde.html | 2003 | 2004 | M |
Quinton T experienced a near-death experience following a severe motorcycle accident in August 2003. After his motorcycle hit a car and another car ran over him, he found himself in a dimly lit otherworldly room. He witnessed a shaft of light descending at an angle from ceiling to floor, which he understood to be the light of truth and love flowing from heaven to earth. His deceased seven-year-old grandson and eighteen-month-old granddaughter appeared with Jesus Christ. The children communicated telepathically that he must return to care for their living sister. Upon approaching them, Quinton observed his physical body below with his wife and living granddaughter beside the bed. He immediately returned to consciousness with his first words being to his granddaughter: "I came back for you." Following the experience, Quinton reported profound life changes including regular church attendance, frequent Bible reading, becoming more loving and caring in relationships, losing cynicism, and experiencing complete loss of fear regarding death. The experience has maintained its impact fifteen months later. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: The experience contains several elements consistent with biblical accounts including encountering Jesus Christ directly, seeing deceased family members in a peaceful state, witnessing divine light representing truth and love from heaven, receiving a specific mission to return and care for family, and experiencing profound spiritual transformation afterward. The concept of light from heaven and the presence of Jesus align with Christian theology. Unbiblical elements: None identified. The experience maintains consistency with orthodox Christian beliefs throughout, with no mentions of reincarnation, universal salvation, or other concepts contradicting biblical teaching. |
5 | Unknown | 5 | 12 | 27 | Strong Evidence | 10 | Motorcycle accident with car collision and being run over - life-threatening trauma | Saw dimly lit room, shaft of light, deceased grandchildren, Jesus, and own body from above | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4/12/2025 | 3 | 2 | Saw shaft of light from ceiling through floor | 0.00 | Wife | Highly Compatible | 7 | |||||||||
| 449 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 499 Randall M NDE 2013 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1randall_m_nde.html | 1968 | 2004 | M |
Randall M experienced a near-death event in July 1968 after being attacked with a blackjack, suffering multiple blows to the right side of his head that broke his eye orbit. He was without heartbeat and respiration for nearly 5 minutes and 30 seconds, with blood pressure dropping to 35/15. During this time, he floated above his body, observing the medical emergency scene from the ceiling. He could move at will through the hospital by thought alone, exploring his assigned room and observing a window overlooking a courtyard with fountain and pond in bright sunlight. Remarkably, a hospital attendant later confirmed that this window had been bricked over in the 1940s during the war, providing veridical evidence of his out-of-body perception. The experience included telepathic-like awareness, feelings of peace and power, and a sense that everything was "as it should be." Upon return, Randall experienced lasting changes including enhanced emotional awareness, better reading of non-verbal communication, and occasional precognitive insights. His handwriting completely changed for about a year, and he became quieter, more detail-oriented, and analytical. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: The out-of-body experience with consciousness surviving physical death aligns with biblical concepts of the soul's existence beyond the body (2 Corinthians 5:8). The overwhelming peace experienced reflects biblical descriptions of God's peace that surpasses understanding (Philippians 4:7). The sense of everything being "right" suggests divine order. The lasting positive transformation and increased spiritual awareness following the experience are consistent with spiritual encounters in scripture. Unbiblical elements: None identified. The experience focuses on verifiable observations rather than theological claims, maintaining neutrality regarding specific religious doctrines. |
2 | Hospital | 10 | 18 | 43 | Exceptional Evidence | 15 | Cardiac arrest with blood pressure 35/15, clinically dead for 5 minutes 30 seconds | Verified observation of window bricked over in 1940s, specific hospital layout details, movement through hospital corridors | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4/12/2025 | 2 | 1 | Saw window overlooking courtyard with fountain | 1.00 | Hospital attendant | Highly Compatible | 6 | |||||||||
| 450 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 409 Randi S NDE 952 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1randi_s_nde.html | 1976 | 2004 | 19 | M |
Randi S, age 19, contracted Spinal Meningitis in July 1976 and was the only survivor among 14 students affected, being declared dead for 32 minutes during emergency surgery. With a fever of 114 degrees and a baseball-sized blood clot behind his heart, he underwent a high-risk operation while comatose. During clinical death, he experienced traveling along a rainbow of pure emotions - anger, love, jealousy, fear, happiness - each color representing different feelings that completely immersed him. His deceased uncle met him in a gray, foggy area near heaven's bright light, instantly transmitting all universal knowledge through touch. Given the choice between entering heaven or returning, he found himself awakening in the hospital morgue among other deceased bodies. Post-experience effects included temporary electromagnetic interference with electronic devices, an IQ increase to 175 (though feeling unable to fully utilize it), and permanent loss of the universal knowledge received. Medical documentation confirmed his 32-minute death and miraculous recovery with no trace of the disease afterward. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: The experience includes encountering a deceased family member serving as a guide, seeing heaven's bright light, receiving divine knowledge (though temporarily), and being given a choice about returning to life. The uncle's role as a guide and the presence of heaven align with biblical concepts of the afterlife. The transformative nature and the sense of having a greater purpose upon return reflect biblical themes of divine mission. Unbiblical elements: The rainbow pathway of pure emotions and the concept of receiving instant universal knowledge through touch are not found in biblical accounts. The idea of retaining increased IQ as a "gift" from the experience, while not directly contradicting scripture, represents a more mystical element not typical of biblical encounters. |
2 | Hospital | 10 | 15 | 37 | Exceptional Evidence | 12 | Spinal Meningitis, coma, fever of 114 degrees, declared dead for 32 minutes | Awakened in morgue among deceased, electromagnetic effects, documented medical miracle | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | Comatose state | 4/12/2025 | 2 | 1 | Traveled on rainbow of emotions | 0.00 | Medical staff | Highly Compatible | 8 | |||||||
| 451 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 375 Phillip B NDE 12003 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1phillip_b_nde.html | 2004 | 8 | M |
Phillip B experienced a near-drowning incident at age 8 while his father was teaching him to swim in a farm pond. After going under water, he left his body and observed himself from above and behind. The entire scene appeared green except for a prominent white light positioned over his right shoulder. The separation from his physical body brought an indescribable feeling of profound peace and rest beyond words. Suddenly, he felt pulled through a pipe-like sensation back into his body just as his father grabbed him on his third time surfacing. This childhood NDE had lasting effects throughout his life, particularly helping him cope with combat experiences in Vietnam where he lost 13 buddies in one night within 100 feet of him. He attributes his lack of fear of death during war to this early experience, though he maintained concern about leaving family behind. The experience gave him a unique perspective on mortality that served him through extreme trauma. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: The out-of-body experience with consciousness surviving physical distress aligns with biblical concepts of the soul. The overwhelming peace experienced reflects divine peace described in scripture. The bright white light could represent divine presence. The lasting positive impact, particularly the loss of death fear while maintaining family values, demonstrates the transformative nature of spiritual encounters. Unbiblical elements: None identified. The experience is brief and focuses on the phenomenological aspects rather than theological claims. |
5 | Other | 5 | 8 | 20 | Moderate Evidence | 7 | Near-drowning, went under three times before rescue | Saw self from above, green environment with white light, overwhelming peace | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4/12/2025 | 1 | 1 | Saw self from above water | 0.00 | Father | Highly Compatible | 4 | |||||||||
| 452 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 414 Phillip S NDE 961 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1phillip_s_nde.html | 2004 | 2004 | M |
Phillip S experienced spontaneous cardiac arrest in January 2004, remaining clinically dead for nearly four hours with no heartbeat, breathing, or brain activity. After chest pain and darkness, he floated above his body, examining himself from all angles at exponential speed. Two angelic guardians, identified as pre-life friends, greeted him telepathically before he was drawn through a warm, peaceful tunnel into pure light. Jesus Christ embraced him, answering thousands of questions instantly about existence and humanity's purpose. He was then taken to God the Father in a realm of countless colors where all beings were pure light. In God's presence with Jesus, Mary, and John the Baptist, his entire life was reviewed and judged instantaneously. Though welcomed into heaven, God explained it wasn't his time and offered him the choice to stay or return with a specific purpose (which would be forgotten). Phillip chose to return and awakened in the hospital morgue under a sheet, shocking medical staff and his parents who had witnessed his death. The experience included receiving complete universal knowledge (later removed), understanding his divine purpose (also forgotten), and gaining factual certainty replacing faith. Medical staff confirmed zero brain activity and four-hour death. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: This experience strongly aligns with Christian theology, featuring direct encounters with Jesus Christ, God the Father, Virgin Mary, and John the Baptist. The throne room setting, life review and judgment, and salvation by grace reflect biblical descriptions. The tunnel of light, angelic guides, and transformation from faith to knowledge support orthodox Christian beliefs about the afterlife. Unbiblical elements: The concept of pre-existence as spiritual beings before earthly life and choosing to incarnate contradicts traditional Christian doctrine of soul creation at conception. The idea of receiving and losing universal knowledge, while not directly unbiblical, represents a more mystical element not typical of biblical accounts. |
2 | Hospital | 10 | 12 | 32 | Strong Evidence | 10 | Cardiac arrest, no heartbeat/breathing/brain activity for 4 hours | Specific encounters with Jesus, God, Mary, John the Baptist; life review; awakened in morgue | written_account | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4/12/2025 | 3 | 2 | Floated above own body | 0.00 | Medical staff | Highly Compatible | 9 | |||||||||
| 453 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 431 Quint B NDE 976 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1quint_b_nde.html | 1976 | 2004 | 19 | F |
Quint B, age 19, was electrocuted in London in 1976 while trying to help a young woman in delirium. When attempting to connect an electric radiator by placing one hand on the radiator and another on the socket, she was electrocuted and thrown 2-3 meters backward. During the experience, she was drawn quickly into a strong yet sweet white light of exceptional purity. Within this light, she became one with other souls in a collective consciousness experiencing total harmony. This unified consciousness communicated that she couldn't stay because she had something else to do. Though disappointed, as part of this consciousness she understood and accepted the decision to return. The return to her body was violent - she heard herself screaming as consciousness returned. A neighbor who was a fireman heard and rescued her. Her body shook for hours afterward, and she experienced painfully intense sensations of sounds, colors, and physical feelings. The experience left her with enhanced understanding of collective consciousness and the temporary nature of physical existence. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: The pure white light could represent divine presence, and the concept of consciousness surviving physical death aligns with biblical teachings about the soul. The message of having unfinished purpose on earth reflects biblical concepts of divine mission and God's timing for each life. The harmony experienced among souls suggests the unity described in heaven. Unbiblical elements: The concept of collective consciousness where individual souls merge into one unified awareness differs from biblical descriptions of maintaining individual identity in the afterlife. While not directly contradicting scripture, this Eastern-influenced concept of consciousness merger is not found in biblical accounts of heaven or the afterlife. |
5 | Home | 5 | 10 | 23 | Moderate Evidence | 8 | Electrocution accident, thrown 2-3 meters backward | Drew into white light, collective consciousness, violent return with screaming | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4/12/2025 | 2 | 1 | Drawn into pure white light | 0.00 | Fireman neighbor and friend | Moderately Compatible | 8 | ||||||||
| 454 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 367 Rhonda H NDE 896 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1rhonda_h_nde.html | 1978 | 2004 | F |
Rhonda experienced a severe dirt bike accident in May 1978 when she lost control going down a steep embankment. The bike flipped multiple times, landing on her and causing a punctured lung. Her husband heard all the air rush from her body and believed she had died. During her unconscious state, Rhonda initially saw only darkness, then encountered what she believed was Jesus dressed in traditional biblical clothing with a sash and draped cloth. She felt his initial look was one of dissatisfaction. She was drawn backward toward an increasingly bright light through what seemed like a tunnel. Despite the intensity, the light did not hurt her eyes. She asked to stay for her children. Upon reaching the light, she found herself on a hill overlooking a wheat field. People in robes of varying colors were approaching up the hill toward where she and Jesus were. She sensed profound peace in these beings, describing it as total contentment. Jesus sat under a large tree with outstretched branches, and the robed figures knelt before him. Communication occurred without spoken words - Jesus spoke to them telepathically and all understood. She again pleaded to return to care for her three children. She then awakened in her husband's arms as he rocked her, saying she was dead. She drew breath and told him she was alive. The experience eliminated her fear of death and strengthened her awareness of needing God in her life. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: The experience contains numerous elements consistent with biblical accounts including the presence of Jesus in traditional robes, a great tree reminiscent of biblical imagery, beings in robes showing reverence, telepathic communication similar to spiritual understanding, bright divine light, and the wheat field which has biblical symbolism. The maternal plea to return for her children reflects biblical values of family responsibility. Unbiblical elements: The initial sense that Jesus was "dissatisfied" with her is somewhat unusual, though not necessarily unbiblical as it could reflect conviction of sin. The experience lacks explicit judgment scenes or life review common in scripture. The telepathic communication, while not contradicting scripture, is not explicitly biblical. Overall, no significantly problematic elements were identified. |
5 | Other | 5 | 4 | 11 | Suggestive Evidence | 2 | Severe trauma with punctured lung causing apparent death | Limited veridical content - mainly spiritual visions without specific verifiable details | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4/12/2025 | 3 | 1 | Saw Jesus figure in traditional clothing | 0.00 | Husband | Highly Compatible | 7 | |||||||||
| 455 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 532 Ribes NDE 919 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1ribes_nde.html | 1965 | 2004 | 7 | M |
Ribes was seven years old in 1965 when he experienced clinical death during a hernia operation under general anesthesia. His father was present when the medical team had to perform cardiac resuscitation, causing great fear in the family. During the clinical death, Ribes was projected through a bright tunnel at dizzying speed, experiencing colors and flashes of light. He heard divine music and a soft, reassuring inner voice telling him not to be afraid and that he didn't risk anything. He felt no bodily sensations - no heartbeat, no gravity, no physical form. He observed that he had no body anymore. As he moved closer to an increasingly intense light that caused no pain to his eyes, he distinguished three white silhouettes visible from shoulders to head. At just two to three meters away, he stopped advancing. These three beings emanated kindness and compassion. Their eyes were large, completely black, globulous and almond-shaped, expressing deep compassion. The inner voice continued, telling him it was not his turn and that he would start again. After a great white light, he opened his eyes to find doctors had successfully resuscitated him. His father told him he had frightened them. He later told his mother he had seen three angels. The experience left him with heightened sensitivity and an ability to sense what people think. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: The experience includes angelic beings (three figures he identified as angels), divine music consistent with heavenly worship, bright divine light, and a reassuring divine voice providing comfort. The tunnel passage toward light reflects biblical transitions from death to life. The compassionate nature of the beings aligns with biblical descriptions of angels as ministering spirits. Unbiblical elements: The description of the beings having large, black, globulous, almond-shaped eyes is unusual and doesn't match typical biblical angel descriptions. The development of psychic sensitivity afterward (sensing others' thoughts) ventures into areas the Bible generally warns against. However, these elements are relatively minor concerns in an otherwise biblically-consonant experience. |
3 | Hospital | 7 | 4 | 18 | Moderate Evidence | 7 | Surgery with clinical death requiring resuscitation | Limited specific observations, mainly spiritual perceptions | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 4/12/2025 | 2 | 1 | Three white beings with distinctive eyes | 0.00 | Father | Moderately Compatible | 7 | ||||||||
| 456 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 465 Robert M NDE 1038 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1robert_m_nde.html | 2003 | 2003-09-10 | 2004 | M |
Robert was admitted to the emergency room on September 10, 2003, with chest pain from a heart attack. He was being treated with clot-busting medicine for a blockage in the vessel feeding the bottom of his heart, as determined by electrocardiograph. After ninety minutes of treatment, he told the doctor he felt dizzy and immediately blacked out. During his cardiac arrest, Robert experienced sinking through the bottom of the stretcher into what felt like water. He had a panicking sensation, feeling like he was flailing his arms to swim back to the surface while internally arguing with himself to let go. He was fighting for his life in this drowning-like sensation. Suddenly, he found himself standing twenty feet away from the stretcher, calmly watching the doctor perform CPR on his body. During this out-of-body experience, he was aware he existed only as consciousness - no body, no pain, no problems, no worries. He described this state as "great." As he observed the chest compressions, he had the realization that the doctor couldn't control whether he lived or died - only he could control that. The moment he had this thought, he was immediately back in his body and awake. The experience left him unafraid of death and actually looking forward to it, though he was disappointed he had "screwed it up" with his thought about control. He found the peaceful out-of-body state to be the best part of his experience. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: The out-of-body experience where consciousness separates from the physical body aligns with biblical concepts of the spirit being distinct from the flesh. The initial struggle followed by profound peace could represent the transition from earthly suffering to spiritual peace. The realization about control over life and death touches on themes of divine sovereignty versus human will. Unbiblical elements: The notion that he alone could control whether he lived or died contradicts biblical teaching about God's sovereignty over life and death. His resulting desire to die and disappointment at returning is concerning from a biblical perspective, as it suggests a rejection of God's purpose for continued life. The absence of any divine presence, judgment, or spiritual beings makes this a limited spiritual experience. |
1 | Hospital | 10 | 8 | 28 | Strong Evidence | 10 | Cardiac arrest with EKG monitoring in emergency room setting | Clear out-of-body observation of CPR being performed | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4/12/2025 | 1 | 1 | Watched CPR being performed on his body | 1.00 | ER Doctor | Low Compatibility | 5 | ||||||||
| 457 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 437 Rebecca I NDE 994 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1rebecca_i_nde.html | 1995 | 2004 | F |
Rebecca suffered severe internal injuries in a January 1995 auto accident on a rainy afternoon. She had a ruptured diaphragm with all internal organs pushed up into her lungs, along with a broken pelvis. Her five-year-old daughter and six-year-old niece were in the car with her. She has no memory of the accident itself. While unconscious, she experienced a wide blackness above her and felt herself falling away from it, going downward as if through a funnel. She had a physical sensation of shrinking, describing herself becoming "the size of a pea." She consciously thought about how easy it was to die - "in the blink of an eye" without even knowing it. As she descended through the funnel-like void, she questioned why she was dying. Critical veridical evidence emerged when she heard sounds and words from above the void, specifically "Internal injuries." This medical information, received while unconscious, triggered her memory of her daughter and niece in the car. She couldn't die without knowing if they were okay, so she forced herself back up through the blackness, fighting to get away from a blinding white light below her. When she reached the top, her eyes flew open to see a paramedic's face above her, who confirmed she had been in an auto accident with internal injuries and was being taken to the trauma center. The experience eliminated her fear of death but made her more cautious and observant of dangers. Three years later, she heroically saved seven children from being hit by a car, suffering spinal cord damage in the process but considering it a fair trade for the lives saved. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: The tunnel/funnel experience with movement between darkness and light reflects biblical imagery of death and resurrection. The maternal instinct to return for her children demonstrates biblical values of family responsibility and sacrificial love. Her later heroic act of saving children at personal cost exemplifies Christ-like sacrifice. Unbiblical elements: None identified. The experience lacks explicit religious content but contains nothing contradicting biblical principles. The void and tunnel are neutral elements that could represent the transition between life and death without theological conflict. |
5 | Ambulance | 5 | 10 | 22 | Moderate Evidence | 7 | Life-threatening trauma with ruptured diaphragm and organs displaced | Heard specific medical diagnosis while unconscious - "internal injuries" | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4/12/2025 | 2 | 1 | Heard medical diagnosis while unconscious | 1.00 | Paramedic | Highly Compatible | 7 | |||||||||
| 458 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 511 Rena P NDE 2060 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1rena_p_nde.html | 1975 | 2004 | 15 | F |
Rena was a junior high school student in Greece in spring 1975 when she and her best friend skipped a school excursion to ride with the friend's secretly-married husband. Five minutes after being picked up, less than a mile down Bay Boulevard in Thessaloniki, a taxi lost control and hit them at high speed in the middle of their car. Rena was sitting in the back seat behind the driver. Immediately after impact, she found herself speeding upward through a tunnel filled with holes through which bright light beams were coming. She heard the sweet sound of hundreds of chimes and felt an incredible, ecstatic happiness she had never experienced before. She was swirling around while traveling toward a very bright, beautiful light at the tunnel's end that didn't hurt her eyes. She felt eager to reach this destination. Something compelled her to look downward, where she saw remarkably specific details from hundreds of meters in the air. She observed the roof of the area's highest and most expensive hotel by the sea, noting the summer bar and tables with yellow-white striped sun umbrellas - details from their starting point. She realized she had no body, only eyes. The tunnel disappeared and she began floating slowly downward, drifting along the Boulevard toward the accident scene. From just meters above, she observed their twisted car around an electricity pole, her friend asking men from a white Mercedes for help, and specific details about the rescuers - one tall in a white shirt, another stockier in a green sweatshirt with a bald spot visible from above. She watched as they pulled her unconscious body from the car by the feet and placed her in the Mercedes. She awoke on a wheelchair being pushed down the hospital corridor. Her father confirmed she had frightened them, and she told her mother she saw three angels. Later, her father took her to the hotel roof to verify the details she had seen, confirming their accuracy. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: The tunnel of light without pain to the eyes resembles biblical descriptions of divine light. The chimes could represent heavenly music. The out-of-body experience aligns with Paul's description in 2 Corinthians. The complete peace and joy reflect biblical descriptions of God's presence. Her reference to seeing angels shows biblical interpretation of the experience. Unbiblical elements: None identified. While the experience lacks explicit religious figures or judgment scenes, nothing contradicts biblical principles. The verified observations of real-world details during the OBE actually strengthen the case for consciousness surviving bodily death, supporting biblical anthropology. |
5 | Other | 5 | 18 | 33 | Strong Evidence | 10 | Severe car accident causing unconsciousness | Multiple specific verified observations including hotel roof details, accident scene, rescuer descriptions | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4/12/2025 | 4 | 1 | Saw hotel roof details from aerial view | 1.00 | Father and best friend | Highly Compatible | 7 | ||||||||
| 459 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 497 Renee G NDE 2004 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1renee_g_nde.html | 1987 | 1987-01-14 | 2004 | F |
On January 14, 1987, Renee died from smoke inhalation in a house fire. She was declared dead on arrival and remained clinically dead for 29 minutes, toe-tagged in a body bag awaiting transport to the hospital morgue. This extended period of clinical death is medically documented and extraordinary. During her death state, she initially saw herself lying face down on a bed while simultaneously viewing from above, floating above her body. She was then taken through the roof into a dark space containing many tiny colored lights that she was traveling past at great speed. These lights felt very familiar to her. She was being pulled toward a single, intensely bright light in the far distance that she desperately wanted to reach. As if a rope were tied around her waist, she was suddenly reeled backward, passing the same familiar colored lights again. She found herself back in the body bag experiencing extreme pain and stiffness from being dead for so long. Despite the severe pain from rigor mortis beginning to set in, she managed to roll herself off the table. When she hit the floor, staff came to investigate and discovered she was alive. She had been clinically dead for a documented 29 minutes. Since the experience, she has developed multiple psychic abilities including seeing others' physical maladies, prophetic dreams that come true, and visions of future events both personal and global. She describes knowing with certainty that there are many universes and that all things are possible. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: The transition through darkness toward divine light reflects biblical imagery of moving from death to life. The familiar colored lights could represent spiritual beings or souls. The pulling toward the bright light aligns with being drawn to God's presence. The miraculous resurrection after 29 minutes of clinical death demonstrates divine intervention beyond medical explanation. Unbiblical elements: The development of extensive psychic abilities including seeing the future and others' ailments ventures into divination territory that the Bible warns against. Her conclusion that "there are many universes" suggests multiverse theories not found in scripture. The statement "there are no rights or wrongs, things just ARE" contradicts biblical moral absolutes. |
2 | Other | 10 | 8 | 28 | Strong Evidence | 10 | Documented clinical death for 29 minutes from smoke inhalation | Out-of-body observation and travel through otherworldly space with lights | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | Body bag | 4/12/2025 | 2 | 1 | Saw self from above while dead | 0.00 | Hospital staff and paramedics | Low Compatibility | 8 | |||||||
| 460 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 512 Sameer NDE 1085 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1sameer_nde.html | 1979 | 2004 | M |
Following an accident, Sameer was hospitalized and underwent surgery. Due to improper wound cleaning, gangrene spread throughout his body reaching the diaphragm. After losing consciousness, he was transferred to another hospital where specialists operated for ten hours. During cardiac arrest, Sameer experienced an out-of-body experience, floating near the ceiling and observing doctors applying electric shocks to his chest. He witnessed his brother's doctor friend crying and hugging his brother outside the operating room, while his brother prayed confidently that Sameer would not die. He observed local council officials arriving to console his brother and saw the doctor's father bring a picture of Alkhidir from the Bethlehem church. Sameer then experienced a complete life review from infancy to the present moment before returning to his body when he began feeling pain again. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: The experience contains several elements consistent with biblical accounts of near-death experiences. The out-of-body experience aligns with Paul's description of being "caught up to the third heaven" (2 Corinthians 12:2-4). The life review parallels biblical concepts of judgment where one's deeds are examined. The presence of religious imagery (the picture of Alkhidir brought from the church) and the brother's faithful prayer demonstrate faith elements. The return to the body with a testimony to share reflects biblical accounts of resurrection experiences. Unbiblical elements: The reference to Alkhidir, while a religious figure, represents Islamic tradition rather than biblical Christianity. However, no explicitly unbiblical or new age elements such as reincarnation, universal salvation, or occult practices were mentioned in this account. |
1 | Hospital | 10 | 16 | 40 | Exceptional Evidence | 14 | Clear cardiac arrest with electric shock resuscitation documented, extended surgery | Multiple specific observations: doctors using electric shocks, brother's friend crying and hugging brother, officials arriving, picture being brought from church - all while patient unconscious | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 4/12/2025 | 4 | 2 | Saw doctors applying electric shocks | 0.00 | Multiple specialists | Highly Compatible | 5 | |||||||||
| 461 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 448 Shalom G NDE 10082 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1shalom_g_nde.html | 2004 | 18 | M |
Shalom experienced two near-death experiences. The first occurred after a car accident where he was driving westbound on Route 80 in New Jersey when everything went black. After the impact, a state police officer and his friend Lou dragged his body from the car where he was pronounced dead. During this time, Shalom looked down at his transparent hands, felt overwhelming peace and love, and moved through a tunnel toward a bright light. A voice told him it wasn't his time and he must return to complete his missions. He awakened on a cold gurney with his parents present. The second NDE occurred during surgery to remove polyps and growths when doctors accidentally overdosed him, causing his heart to stop. This time he met guardian angels and his deceased grandfather. After experiencing a comprehensive life review where he felt both the joy and pain he had caused others, he encountered Jesus who called himself "Big Brother" and named Shalom "My Little Prince of Peace." Jesus gave him a mission to help healers heal and connect people of all faiths without greed or ego. He was instructed to work through love, joy, peace, and harmony before being sent back to his body. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: This experience strongly aligns with biblical accounts including meeting Jesus Christ directly, experiencing judgment through a life review (consistent with 2 Corinthians 5:10), encountering angels (Hebrews 1:14), seeing deceased relatives in paradise (Luke 23:43), traveling through a spiritual realm, and receiving a divine commission to serve others. The emphasis on love, peace, healing, and helping others reflects Christ's teachings. The name "Prince of Peace" connects to Isaiah 9:6. Unbiblical elements: The account includes some non-orthodox elements such as Jesus preferring to be called "Big Brother" rather than Lord, reference to "Mich'l of Nebadon" which appears to be from Urantia Book terminology, and emphasis on connecting "ALL religions" which could imply religious pluralism. However, the core experience remains Christ-centered. |
1 | Hospital | 10 | 12 | 32 | Strong Evidence | 10 | Clear cardiac arrest during surgical overdose, pronounced dead in first NDE | Transparent hands observation, saw parents when awakened, general environmental awareness but limited specific veridical details | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 4/12/2025 | 2 | 1 | Saw transparent hands | 0.00 | State police officer | Moderately Compatible | 9 | |||||||||
| 462 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 383 Ron A NDE 916 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1ron_a_nde.html | 1965 | 2004 | 5 | M |
At age 4-5, Ron drowned in his family's swimming pool. He first found himself floating above the deep end, observing the peaceful pool area. Two angels then led him through a bright cloud to meet five family members who had passed away and one awe-inspiring man he believed to be God. This being radiated tremendous power and love. When asked if he wanted to stay, Ron said yes, but was told it wasn't his time. He was shown a comprehensive life review where he experienced every emotion he had caused others, allowing him to judge himself. He was then given access to vast knowledge - able to learn anything by simply thinking the question. Among the knowledge received: UFOs coexist with us peacefully, ancient human space travel occurred 10,000 years ago, time travel blueprints exist, and humanity has been wiped out and restarted multiple times. As he returned, he lost most of this information. Back above the pool, he watched his father frantically dive in and pull out his body. His sister Sylvia said "Ron's dead" and he tried unsuccessfully to touch her before returning to his body as his father performed resuscitation. The experience left him feeling protected by God. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: The experience contains numerous biblical elements including angelic escorts (Hebrews 1:14), meeting deceased family in paradise (Luke 16:22), encountering God's presence with overwhelming love and power, experiencing a life review with self-judgment (Romans 14:12), receiving divine knowledge and revelation, and being sent back with purpose. The emphasis on God's protection and love aligns with scripture. Unbiblical elements: The extensive discussion of UFOs and extraterrestrial life, claims about time travel technology, and especially the concept of humanity being repeatedly wiped out and restarted contradicts biblical creation and history. These elements appear to blend new age and science fiction concepts with the spiritual experience. |
5 | Home | 7 | 14 | 28 | Strong Evidence | 7 | Clear drowning incident requiring resuscitation | Specific observations: saw father dive in pool, heard sister say "Ron's dead", attempted to touch sister | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4/12/2025 | 2 | 1 | Father diving into pool | 0.00 | Father, sister Sylvia, siblings | Mixed Compatibility | 9 | ||||||||
| 463 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 491 Ruth NDE 2038 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1ruth_nde.html | 1993 | 2004 | F |
Ruth experienced three NDEs across 35 years. In 1965, while in a coma from terminal cervical cancer weighing only 65 pounds, she was out of body hearing medical staff say "we have lost her now." She traveled through a tunnel where deceased relatives smiled as she passed, experienced a complete life review where she became each person she had hurt or helped, and reached an awesome white Light of unconditional love that answered all her questions. She was sent back against her will. In 1993, during a heart attack, she had a similar experience but chose to return for her husband. In 2000, severely ill with E. coli, she had her most profound NDE lasting over 20 minutes. She visited seven planes of existence including a disturbing realm where souls were trapped in self-created torment, unable to see the path to Light above them. She met entities called "The Council" who identified as "soul recyclers" helping souls reincarnate. She could see her silver cord connecting to her body and perceived the universe as a perfectly ordered system like a massive computer mainframe, the opposite of chaos. Each experience deepened her understanding of reincarnation and led her to Buddhist beliefs. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: The experiences contain biblical elements including out-of-body experiences, meeting deceased relatives, encountering divine Light and love, comprehensive life review with moral accountability, and visions of hellish realms of torment. The concept of souls in torment who could escape by looking up parallels the biblical teaching that salvation is available to all who seek. Unbiblical elements: Strong endorsement of reincarnation and "soul recyclers," adoption of Buddhist worldview, portrayal of the universe as an impersonal computer system rather than God's creation, and the Council beings facilitating reincarnation all directly contradict biblical teaching about resurrection, judgment, and eternal destiny. The mechanical view of salvation contradicts grace. |
2 | Hospital | 10 | 8 | 22 | Moderate Evidence | 4 | Multiple clinical death events: cancer/coma, heart attack, severe illness | Observed medical staff saying "we have lost her," saw body weighing 65 pounds, but limited other specific veridical details | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4/12/2025 | 1 | 0 | Medical staff declaring death | 0.00 | Incompatible | 9 | ||||||||||
| 464 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 540 Sam B NDE 20624 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1sam_b_nde.html | 1983 | 1983-11-24 | 2004 | F |
During a college sailing competition at Northwestern in freezing conditions (41°F water, snow on ground), Sam's boat capsized. As captain attempting to recover the vessel, she was trapped under the sail. After 14 minutes in the water, her limbs seized and she experienced hypothermia and cardiac arrest. In her final moments, the water felt warm and she saw bright glowing flowers followed by a frost-like haze before calling out for help. She then experienced an out-of-body perspective, looking down at a Coast Guard woman working on her, clearly seeing "US Coast Guard" written on the back of her orange jacket while hearing "She has no pulse, she's a lead weight, start counting! 1! 2! 3! 4!" during CPR compressions. She was unconscious for approximately 49 seconds. Two years later in a Death & Dying class, her instructor explained this was an out-of-body experience, as she couldn't have seen the lettering on the jacket or heard the specific words if truly unconscious. The experience gave her a sense of intense power and serenity, ultimately strengthening her spiritual beliefs about needing a higher power. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: The out-of-body experience aligns with biblical accounts of the spirit separating from the body (Ecclesiastes 12:7). The veridical perception while clinically dead (seeing and hearing specific details later confirmed) supports consciousness beyond physical death. Her subsequent spiritual awakening and recognition of a higher power reflects biblical themes of divine encounters leading to faith. Unbiblical elements: None identified. This is a straightforward veridical NDE without new age, reincarnation, or other unbiblical elements. |
2 | Other | 10 | 16 | 36 | Exceptional Evidence | 10 | Clear cardiac arrest - "no pulse", hypothermia, required CPR | Specific veridical observation: saw "US Coast Guard" on orange jacket from above while unconscious, heard exact CPR count | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | Hypothermia | 4/12/2025 | 1 | 1 | Coast Guard resuscitation details | 1.00 | US Coast Guard woman | Highly Compatible | 5 | |||||||
| 465 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 363 Stefan NDE 877 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1stefan_nde.html | 2004 | M |
Stefan experienced an out-of-body experience during sleep where he found himself in space with total consciousness and universal knowledge. He understood everything about the universe, including a simple cure for cancer that seemed self-evident. He could access any knowledge he wanted through his own searching. A voice told him "Stefan, it's not your time yet" and directed him to dive into water to return to Earth. Upon diving, he experienced being born anew and woke up gasping in bed. He immediately tried to write down the knowledge but forgot everything except the basic experience. The experience left him thinking more about spiritual values though he remains not particularly religious. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: The experience contains several elements consistent with biblical NDEs including an out-of-body experience, encountering an unseen divine presence who spoke to him, receiving special knowledge, and being sent back with a purpose. The themes of rebirth through water and divine timing ("not your time yet") align with biblical concepts. Unbiblical elements: None identified. The experience lacks any reincarnation references, new age concepts, or contradictions to scripture. The universal knowledge aspect, while extraordinary, doesn't contradict biblical accounts of divine revelation. |
6 | Unknown | 1 | 0 | 1 | Weak Evidence | 0 | No clear medical crisis described, occurred during sleep | Only abstract knowledge claims, no verifiable physical observations | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4/12/2025 | 0 | 0 | Highly Compatible | 8 | |||||||||||||
| 466 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 441 Steve B NDE 998 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1steve_b_nde.html | 1998 | 1998-05-12 | 2004 | M |
Steve experienced clinical death on May 12, 1998, during what appears to have been a crisis involving severe emotional distress. He separated from his body, seeing himself in a blue robe with his significant other in hysterics, and noticed a pungent odor of fecal matter. He was pulled through a dark tunnel into a lighted area where he encountered distorted beings in torment and higher energy beings radiating love. The most powerful being led him to a beach-like setting where he experienced a complete life review from multiple emotional perspectives, feeling both joy for positive impacts and grief for pain caused to others. He saw his own death filled with anger and resentment, particularly about leaving his son. When asked to release negative baggage to continue, his ego's unwillingness and unfinished business on Earth prevented him from crossing the "cleansing waters of no return." He was sent back, experiencing a violent return to his body with excruciating pain and a heart rate of 230 bpm. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: The experience strongly aligns with biblical NDE elements including separation from body, encountering spiritual beings (both fallen and divine), experiencing a form of judgment through life review, witnessing a hell-like realm with tormented souls, and being sent back for unfinished purposes. The concept of needing purification before proceeding mirrors biblical themes. Unbiblical elements: The narrative contains some new age concepts including references to reincarnation ("we may opt to do this many times"), energy-based descriptions of souls, and the idea that people condemn themselves rather than divine judgment. The suggestion of multiple incarnations for soul evolution contradicts biblical teaching of one life followed by judgment. |
6 | Unknown | 5 | 8 | 13 | Suggestive Evidence | 0 | Clinical death stated but medical details not provided | Saw specific details including body in blue robe, significant other in hysterics, smelled fecal matter, claimed future vision of 9/11 | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4/12/2025 | 3 | 0 | Saw his physical body during separation | 0.00 | Mixed Compatibility | 9 | |||||||||
| 467 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 534 Sylvain C NDE 1088 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1sylvain_c_nde.html | 1988 | 1988-05-09 | 2004 | 18 | M |
On his 18th birthday, Sylvain was a passenger in a drunk driving motorcycle accident, colliding with a parked vehicle in front of a hospital at midnight. He struck the asphalt twice, losing his helmet on first impact. He fell into a light coma for five days while undergoing surgery for multiple fractures and cranial/facial trauma with bleeding. During surgery, he experienced floating above the operating table as "only a pair of eyes" with no bodily sensations. The surroundings were black with no tunnel or light, just consciousness. He observed the surgeons and nurses working on him from above. Upon waking days later, he described the surgeon, the operating room layout, number of people present, and their positions. The surgeon was astonished by his accurate descriptions and told him he was lucky to survive. A nurse later informed him he had experienced an NDE. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: The experience contains classic biblical NDE elements including out-of-body experience during life-threatening trauma, consciousness surviving bodily death, and veridical perception from an elevated perspective. The serene, peaceful state despite trauma aligns with biblical accounts of spiritual peace. Unbiblical elements: None identified. The experience is notably free of any new age concepts, reincarnation references, or unbiblical spiritual claims. Post-experience psychological struggles and acquired sensitivities are documented effects rather than theological statements. |
5 | Hospital | 5 | 10 | 22 | Moderate Evidence | 7 | Severe motorcycle accident with cranial trauma, surgery, 5-day coma | Observed and later described surgeon, OR layout, number of staff, positions - all while in coma | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 4/12/2025 | 1 | 1 | Observed surgical procedure from above | 1.00 | Surgeon | Highly Compatible | 5 | |||||||
| 468 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 360 Sharlene B NDE 888 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1sharlene_b_nde.html | 1993 | 2004 | F |
Sharlene experienced excruciating chest pain while lying in bed, believing she was having a heart attack. She became completely paralyzed and unable to alert her husband who was reading beside her. She then floated above the bed, observing her husband still reading and herself appearing asleep. The pain remained but fear disappeared. She was surrounded by brilliant pink light (her deceased mother's favorite color) that felt strong, warm, and safe. She heard her mother's voice (who had died in March 1992) telling her it wasn't her time yet and to go back for her sons. She immediately returned to her body with lasting pain effects and a heart rate of 230 beats per minute. Her husband confirmed she never moved or made a sound during the episode. The experience helped her realize what was important in life, leading to her sons later coming to live with her. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: The experience contains several biblical elements including out-of-body experience, encountering a deceased loved one with a divine message, being surrounded by divine light, experiencing profound peace and love, and being sent back with a specific purpose related to family. The transformation in life priorities aligns with biblical spiritual awakening. Unbiblical elements: Communication with the deceased, while emotionally comforting, raises theological questions as the Bible generally discourages seeking contact with the dead (Deuteronomy 18:11). However, there are biblical precedents for divine visions involving deceased figures (Transfiguration with Moses and Elijah). |
5 | Home | 3 | 6 | 13 | Suggestive Evidence | 4 | Severe chest pain, paralysis, heart rate 230 bpm after event | Saw husband reading and herself appearing asleep from above perspective | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4/12/2025 | 2 | 1 | Observed husband from above | 1.00 | Husband | Highly Compatible | 6 | |||||||||
| 469 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 468 Shawna J NDE 20495 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1shawna_j_nde.html | 2001 | 2001-02-10 | 2004 | F |
During a routine heart biopsy procedure on February 10, 2001, Shawna's heart stopped and she was clinically dead for 12 minutes. She was jolted awake by a pulling sensation and rose up, seeing her body on the operating table while hearing the commotion as doctors worked to revive her. She felt emotionally disconnected from the ER scene and was enveloped in a quasi-cylindrical light, rising faster and faster until reaching a place where an angel was waiting. She felt she had known this being and place all her life - it was peaceful and beautiful. During their conversation, she learned she had been visited by angels as a child, information her mother later confirmed she had reported as a child but had forgotten. She was suddenly pulled back into her body, sitting straight up on the operating table as staff told her to relax. She experienced deep depression for days afterward, feeling yanked from heaven. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: The experience strongly aligns with biblical accounts including clinical death, out-of-body experience, ascending in light (similar to Jacob's ladder or Paul's third heaven), encountering an angelic being, receiving revelation about past spiritual experiences, and being sent back with purpose. The childhood angel visitations echo biblical accounts of angelic protection. Unbiblical elements: None identified. The experience is remarkably free of new age concepts or unbiblical elements. The angel encounter and childhood visitations align with biblical angelology. |
1 | Hospital | 10 | 4 | 14 | Suggestive Evidence | 0 | Clinical death for 12 minutes during heart biopsy surgery | Saw body on operating table, heard medical team working | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 4/12/2025 | 1 | 0 | Observed resuscitation efforts | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 8 | |||||||||
| 470 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 535 Silvia C NDE 1097 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1silvia_c_nde.html | 2002 | 2004 | 32 | F |
Silvia suffered a cerebral hemorrhage from three ruptured aneurysms in early July 2002, resulting in a five-day coma with critical condition. She underwent emergency surgery at Bergen hospital after being transported by helicopter. During her coma, she experienced waking four times in brilliant, blinding light that was barely tolerable yet brought no pain or worries, only happiness. Her body didn't exist - only eyes and mind remained. The first three times she thought it was a nightmare and willed herself back to sleep. On the fourth awakening, she saw many people walking in the background of the light, coming and going peacefully. She felt deep peace, happiness, and comfort "like being in a stadium full of grace." She then saw her husband among the people, who noticed her and waved, walking toward her before she fell back into darkness. When she finally awoke to life, medical staff and family confirmed she had never opened her eyes or moved during the five-day coma. The neurosurgeon called her survival a miracle. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: The experience contains several biblical elements including consciousness during near-death, brilliant divine light, disembodied existence as pure consciousness, multiple encounters with the spiritual realm, seeing people in the afterlife, and miraculous survival against medical odds. The "stadium full of grace" description resonates with heavenly peace. Unbiblical elements: None identified. The post-coma shadow experiences she mentions are presented as potentially psychological rather than spiritual claims. Her husband appearing among the afterlife figures, while unusual, isn't necessarily unbiblical as he may have been a vision meant to guide her back. |
5 | Hospital | 10 | 0 | 10 | Suggestive Evidence | 0 | Severe cerebral hemorrhage from 3 aneurysms, emergency surgery, 5-day coma, critical condition | No physical world observations, only spiritual realm experiences | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 4/12/2025 | 0 | 0 | Highly Compatible | 7 | |||||||||||
| 471 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 356 Tom S NDE 884 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1tom_s_nde.html | 1994 | 2004 | M |
Tom was misdiagnosed with an injury that turned out to be pneumonia. By the time he sought a second opinion, his right lung had collapsed and his blood oxygen levels were critically low. He was hospitalized immediately and nearly died. After chest tubes failed to drain enough fluid from his collapsed lung over 13 hours, he underwent emergency surgery for 10.5 hours where surgeons removed his right lung, cleaned the infection, inflated it, and replaced it. In the ICU when his oxygen kept dropping, Tom had a popping or sucking sensation and found himself out of body with no more pain. He heard the monitoring bells going off. He was in a funnel-like tornado structure with love emanating from it, surrounded by light and colors. He felt the presence of his deceased father and grandmother, along with other beings he felt close to but didn't recognize. He experienced a life review where he felt everything he had done to others - both the hurt and happiness he had caused. He was shown he had a purpose to fulfill and had to return despite not wanting to come back to the pain. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: The experience contains several elements consistent with biblical accounts including an out-of-body experience, encountering deceased relatives, a form of life review or judgment where Tom experienced the consequences of his actions toward others (consistent with "as you have done to others"), presence of light, and being sent back with a purpose. The life review particularly aligns with biblical principles of experiencing the fruit of one's actions. Unbiblical elements: Tom expresses skepticism about organized religion following his NDE, stating "church is a joke" and that what matters is the kind of person you are rather than church attendance. While his emphasis on personal character over religious observance has some biblical support, his complete dismissal of corporate worship contradicts biblical teachings about the importance of fellowship and gathering together. |
5 | Hospital | 5 | 4 | 9 | Weak Evidence | 0 | Severe pneumonia with collapsed lung requiring emergency surgery documented | Heard monitoring bells going off - general observation only | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 4/12/2025 | 1 | 0 | Heard monitoring alarms | 0.00 | Moderately Compatible | 9 | ||||||||||
| 472 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 382 Vadra P NDE 913 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1vadra_p_nde.html | 1994 | 2004 | F |
Vadra was being choked to death by an acquaintance. She tried to ask him to let go but couldn't speak due to the severe choking. The last thing she remembered was looking at him in pain before losing consciousness. Without experiencing any tunnel, Vadra suddenly found herself in the most beautiful place she had ever seen. The grass was intensely green and the trees more beautiful than earthly ones. She felt happier and more free than ever before or since, experiencing wonderful peace. The air had an indescribable freshness. She could move instantly from place to place with just a thought and could fly. Each location was different but equally beautiful. She felt younger and was surrounded by many children. She was playing, flying, and looking down on Earth from far above with no fear or anxiety - feeling whole and at complete peace. Everything suddenly went black with a tingling sensation. She awoke where she had been left, feeling intense pain throughout her body like being stabbed by a million knives. She felt the comfort of the Lord beside her and peace knowing where she would go when she dies. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: The experience contains paradise-like imagery consistent with biblical descriptions of heaven - beautiful landscapes, perfect peace, freedom from earthly limitations, ability to fly/move freely, presence of children (reflecting Jesus' words about children and the kingdom), and looking down from above. The feeling of the Lord's comfort upon return suggests divine presence. The complete absence of pain and perfect peace aligns with biblical promises. Unbiblical elements: None identified. The experience contains only traditional paradise imagery without new age concepts, reincarnation, or unbiblical theological claims. |
5 | Other | 5 | 0 | 5 | Weak Evidence | 0 | Criminal attack - life-threatening choking documented | No specific veridical observations reported | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4/12/2025 | 0 | 0 | Highly Compatible | 6 | ||||||||||||
| 473 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 466 Valerie L NDE 1039 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1valerie_l_nde.html | 2003 | 2004 | F |
On April 25, 2003, Valerie was rushed to the hospital by ambulance unable to breathe, having lost about 47% of her oxygen. She doesn't remember the ambulance ride but during that time left her body and floated toward what she thought was heaven. She saw a bright light unlike anything she had seen before and felt indescribable peace and serenity. Looking up, she saw her grandfather with open arms saying he would take care of her. To her left, she saw her two children telling her to come back, and she returned. After coming back, when her mother decided to hook her up to respiratory support, Valerie left her body again and observed medical decisions being made. She described furniture in the room to her family that she couldn't have physically seen. During a drug-induced coma, she heard nurses telling people she couldn't hear them, but she heard everything the whole time. The bright light affected her so intensely that for months afterward she needed sunglasses to tolerate regular light. She now believes we must trust God and feels she sometimes gets intuitive feelings about things that usually prove correct. She struggles with feeling like she belongs here anymore. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: The experience includes classic biblical elements - bright divine light, deceased relatives in a heavenly realm, grandfather's welcoming presence reflecting reunion with loved ones, and her children calling her back suggesting divine purpose for remaining. The lasting spiritual transformation and trust in God align with biblical conversion experiences. Her ongoing sense of not belonging here reflects the biblical concept of being "in but not of" the world. Unbiblical elements: None identified. The experience contains traditional Christian afterlife imagery without problematic theological elements. |
5 | Hospital | 5 | 7 | 12 | Suggestive Evidence | 0 | Severe respiratory failure with 47% oxygen loss requiring emergency transport | Described furniture couldn't see, heard while in coma - specific but unverified | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | drug-induced coma | 4/12/2025 | 2 | 0 | Saw furniture in room while out of body | 0.00 | Moderately Compatible | 7 | |||||||||
| 474 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 454 Terry E NDE 1012 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1terry_e_nde.html | 1970 | 2004 | 19 | F |
Terry had a difficult birth of her first daughter on September 23, 1970. At 19 years old with a small frame, she delivered an 8+ pound baby via cesarean after many hours of labor. She hemorrhaged on the operating table and doctors almost lost her, but her NDE occurred 10 days later at home. She had an anaphylactic reaction, likely delayed from birth medications. Her sister and mother drove her to the hospital where she was declared clinically dead on arrival. From the corner of the emergency room, she observed her body on the table with eyes open but unseeing. She saw her mother and sister trying to look through the small window in the ER door - she later described their exact positions and words, though they didn't believe her since she was dead. She was enveloped in beautiful light of unconditional love and knew she was being held on Jesus' lap like a child. Jesus patiently answered all her questions with complete understanding. When asked about true religion, He said "Men come to me on many paths" - meaning faith matters more than religion. About our purpose, He said "To love one another" - by loving each other and ourselves, we love Him since we are each part of Him. After about seven minutes (per hospital records), He asked if she wanted to return. She said yes to raise her daughter. At that instant she was back, feeling the needles and pain as the doctor said "I think we have her back." --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: Direct encounter with Jesus Christ, being held in divine love, receiving spiritual knowledge and answers, emphasis on love as the greatest commandment aligns perfectly with Jesus' teaching. The message about loving one another as the purpose of life directly echoes Christ's words. The divine light and unconditional love reflect God's nature. Unbiblical elements: The statement "Men come to me on many paths" could be interpreted as religious pluralism, contradicting Jesus' claim to be the only way. However, in context it emphasizes faith over religious formalism, which has biblical support. |
2 | Hospital | 10 | 10 | 27 | Strong Evidence | 7 | Clinically dead on arrival with anaphylactic reaction confirmed | Saw mom and sister through ER door window, described positions and words exactly | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4/12/2025 | 1 | 1 | Saw family through ER door window | 1.00 | Mother and sister | Moderately Compatible | 8 | ||||||||
| 475 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 386 Tine NDE 940 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1tine_nde.html | 2004 | 2004 | F |
Tine had a cardiac arrest on March 3, 2004, requiring resuscitation. Initially she heard and saw nothing, then found herself looking from the top of the operating room at her own body. She watched doctors and nurses fighting for her life, hearing their words and seeing herself below. She experienced a warm feeling and entered a tunnel with a bright, warm, white vibrating light at the end. The light was beautiful and gave her a calm, reassuring feeling. She wanted to go to the light and floated toward it. The warm feeling became increasingly pleasant as she approached the light. She heard the medical team's words clearly and also heard a reassuring humming noise in the tunnel. Suddenly she felt the pain of the accident again and was furious that the doctors had brought her back. She reports no change in her beliefs, stating she believed in nothing before and still believes in nothing after the experience. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: The experience contains several elements found in biblical accounts - out-of-body experience, tunnel with divine light, overwhelming peace and attraction to the light. The warm, vibrating light could represent divine presence. The initial anger at being resuscitated reflects the contrast between heavenly peace and earthly suffering. Unbiblical elements: Complete absence of faith or belief in God both before and after such a profound spiritual experience is concerning. The Bible teaches that faith comes by hearing and that God reveals Himself to those who seek Him. To experience what appears to be divine light yet maintain complete atheism suggests spiritual blindness or resistance to God's revelation. |
2 | Hospital | 10 | 2 | 12 | Suggestive Evidence | 0 | Cardiac arrest requiring resuscitation clearly documented | Heard medical team conversation - general observation only | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 4/12/2025 | 1 | 0 | Heard medical team during resuscitation | 0.00 | Low Compatibility | 5 | ||||||||||
| 476 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 478 Tiya R NDE 2027 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1tiya_r_nde.html | 2003 | 2004 | F |
On October 28, 2003, Tiya was experiencing complications from multiple surgeries and infections. Her husband was deployed in Iraq but coming home on emergency leave. After feeling dizzy and light-headed, she started a hot bath. Upon taking her hand from her face, she saw many people filling her house. She pushed through them to call for help, repeatedly saying she couldn't go yet as she hadn't seen her mother. When her mother and stepfather arrived and took her to the ER, she saw two unknown ladies in the car who provided comfort. In the emergency room, she answered questions but couldn't be heard despite screaming responses. When the nurse announced cardiac arrest, Tiya saw her lifeless body on the bed and her mother crying. Behind her became bright with a hand touching her shoulder. She pleaded with God to let her return for her children and husband coming from Iraq. The room became brilliantly bright with even brighter light behind her. She begged the Lord "not now" and found herself back in her body, seeing the defibrillator above. She made a strange comment about a plumber, startling the medical team. The doctor was too shaken to return, and discharge papers listed "severe unexplained weakness." A nurse said the Lord must have been with her as they thought she was gone. Tiya continues seeing beings occasionally and feels she now understands what death is like without fear. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: Direct prayer to God/Lord during crisis, divine light, hand touching shoulder suggesting divine presence, successful plea for return based on family responsibilities. The nurse's comment about the Lord being with her provides external spiritual confirmation. Her loss of fear about death aligns with biblical promises. Unbiblical elements: The numerous unidentified spirits/beings filling her house before the medical crisis, and continued ability to see beings afterward, raise concerns about potential demonic deception or occult involvement. While the Bible acknowledges spiritual beings, this ongoing supernatural sight outside of divine calling is problematic. |
1 | Hospital | 10 | 7 | 24 | Moderate Evidence | 7 | Cardiac arrest in ER with monitoring equipment present | Saw defibrillator above when returned, multiple specific details | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4/12/2025 | 1 | 1 | Saw defibrillator when returned to body | 1.00 | Nurse | Mixed Compatibility | 8 | |||||||||
| 477 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 410 Wade R NDE 20417 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1wade_r_nde.html | 1972 | 1972-07-16 | 2004 | 14 | M |
Wade R drowned at age 14 and was clinically dead for over 14 minutes according to witnesses and paramedics. During this time, he experienced a profound out-of-body experience where he observed his dead body from above and was joined by spiritual beings. He describes the experience as difficult to express in words but was told it was not his time and was shown extensive spiritual knowledge before being returned to his body. The experience included encounters with spiritual guides who appeared as stars that developed into beings he had known eternally, experiences of special knowledge about the universe, a life review, and visions of the future. He felt overwhelming love and did not want to return. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: The experience contains several elements consistent with biblical accounts including out-of-body separation from the physical body, encounters with spiritual beings or guides, special knowledge and understanding being imparted, life review showing past actions, and a clear message that it was not yet his time to die - all of which align with biblical descriptions of spiritual experiences and divine encounters. Unbiblical elements: None explicitly identified. The spiritual beings are not specifically identified as angels or biblical figures, but their benevolent nature and role as guides is not contrary to scripture. |
5 | Unknown | 10 | 8 | 28 | Strong Evidence | 10 | Clinically dead for over 14 minutes from drowning, confirmed by witnesses and paramedics | Clear OBE with observation of own body from above, joined by spiritual beings | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4/12/2025 | 1 | 1 | Saw himself dead from above | 1.00 | Paramedics | Highly Compatible | 7 | |||||||
| 478 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 504.5 Wally T NDE 2056 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1wally_t_nde.html | 2000 | 2000-12-03 | 2004 | M |
Wally T experienced an NDE following a serious accident requiring helicopter transport to the emergency room. He was in and out of consciousness and entered what seemed like a bad dream with twisting sensations. He witnessed a futuristic scene of automated buildings constructing themselves, which then collapsed killing people inside. A mysterious presence accompanied him to his right. He left his body and traveled through lights moving at the same speed, seeing a bright light like looking down railroad tracks. He experienced a great lifting of spirit, recognizing this as his true home. He heard a small voice calling for help and chose to return, experiencing the journey backwards and realizing the ego/personality "stunk." His wife's prayers brought him back though he did not want to return. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: The experience includes clear out-of-body separation, encounter with a guiding presence, brilliant mystical light, otherworldly realm described as true home, divine understanding of everything, conscious decision to return to help others, and lasting spiritual transformation. These align with biblical accounts of spiritual experiences and divine encounters. Unbiblical elements: The negative portrayal of personality/ego as "stinking" and statements about worldly success being meaningless could be interpreted as gnostic-leaning, though not directly contradicting scripture. The futuristic vision is unusual but not inherently unbiblical. |
5 | Hospital | 7 | 10 | 19 | Moderate Evidence | 2 | Life-threatening accident requiring helicopter transport and emergency treatment | Out-of-body experience with travel through lights and otherworldly observations | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4/12/2025 | 2 | 0 | Futuristic building scene | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 8 | |||||||||
| 479 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 407 Wilfred B NDE 949 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1wilfred_b_nde.html | 1979 | 1979-09-16 | 2004 | 23 | M |
Wilfred B had a motorcycle accident where he hit mailboxes at 45 mph after swerving to avoid a car. After a sincere prayer asking God to let him stay, he immediately felt himself being pulled up and saw his right arm extended, silky white and transparent against the blue sky. Sparks formed into a window/portal with plasma-like energy. He encountered a large central being over 15 feet tall with flaming eyes and white robes, accompanied by at least three other concerned beings. The large being's eyes turned into whirlpools of plasma energy spinning clockwise. He was pulled back down and saw three beings in cloud-like enclosures helping him. Despite severe damage to his motorcycle and mailboxes, he only injured his right arm with no broken bones. Eight bystanders were stunned he survived. Hospital machine started working after his meditation. Experience burned into consciousness as "scientific" not hocus-pocus. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: Experience includes sincere prayer to God immediately answered, angelic beings providing divine intervention and protection, portal to spiritual realm, beings in white robes consistent with biblical descriptions, miraculous physical protection from severe accident, and subsequent miracle at hospital. The description of beings with fiery eyes recalls biblical descriptions of divine messengers. Unbiblical elements: None identified. While the portal and plasma-like descriptions are unusual, they don't contradict scripture and may represent modern language for describing spiritual phenomena. |
5 | Other | 5 | 16 | 35 | Exceptional Evidence | 14 | Life-threatening motorcycle accident at 45 mph into solid posts | Detailed observations of beings, portal formation, transparent arm, specific visual details | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4/12/2025 | 3 | 1 | Transparent arm observation | 0.00 | Eight bystanders | Highly Compatible | 8 | |||||||
| 480 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 509 William M NDE 2065 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1william_m_nde.html | 1982 | 2004 | M |
William M collapsed at work from a heart attack and experienced clinical death with no pulse. Medical technicians shocked him with defibrillator but found no pulse. He was rushed to the hospital where the emergency doctor could find nothing wrong after about 20 minutes. During the experience, he traveled through what seemed like space faster than a car, passing through a tunnel with star-like lights. He encountered Jesus on the other side of a stream who spoke to him though he cannot remember what was said. He saw brilliant mystical light and experienced incredible peace, love, and joy. He gained understanding about everything in the universe and was sent back against his will. Experience made him a believer and transformed him from someone who went to bars to break people into someone spreading love and happiness. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: Direct encounter with Jesus Christ, passage through tunnel to divine realm, brilliant divine light, incredible peace and joy consistent with heavenly descriptions, complete spiritual transformation from violent behavior to love, conversion to faith. The experience contains classic biblical elements of divine encounter and radical life change. Unbiblical elements: None identified. The experience aligns completely with biblical accounts of encounters with Christ and spiritual transformation. |
2 | Hospital | 10 | 12 | 29 | Strong Evidence | 7 | Clinical death from heart attack, no pulse despite defibrillation | Specific encounter with Jesus, travel through tunnel, mystical light and realm | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4/13/2025 | 2 | 1 | Saw Jesus across stream | 0.00 | Medical technicians | Highly Compatible | 8 | |||||||||
| 481 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 362 Van L NDE 871 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1van_l_nde.html | 2002 | 2004 | M |
Van L experienced an NDE during a serious traffic accident that left him in a comatose state. He entered a beautiful garden with soft colors, like a park in perfect harmony with a blue summer sky. He saw a beautiful building resembling a monastery with a huge hallway containing chandeliers. At the end of the hallway was a strong yet soft light. Upon entering the building, he was stopped by three close but deceased relatives who spoke to him. The last relative told him it was too early to enter. He then returned to the world with beautiful visions. The experience included visiting beautiful places from his past and places he still wanted to visit, along with scenes from his future involving traveling and relationships. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: Beautiful heavenly garden and realm consistent with paradise descriptions, encounter with deceased relatives serving as gatekeepers, divine light at end of hallway, being told it's not his time to enter (divine timing), life review of past, and glimpses of future. These align with biblical accounts of near-death visions and heavenly encounters. Unbiblical elements: None identified. The experience of deceased relatives as intermediaries is consistent with the communion of saints doctrine and does not contradict scripture. |
4 | Unknown | 5 | 10 | 15 | Moderate Evidence | 0 | Serious traffic accident resulting in comatose state | Specific descriptions of garden, building, deceased relatives with messages | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4/13/2025 | 2 | 0 | Beautiful garden and building | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 6 | ||||||||||
| 482 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 366 Vicki S NDE 892 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1vicki_s_nde.html | 1995 | 2004 | F |
Vicki S fell 10 feet through a skylight while trimming hedges on a garage roof, landing on concrete and hitting her head. She experienced seeing herself as a crumpled body below from a presence looking down from the ceiling corner. She then was back in her body but aware of a disjunction between body and mind/soul, with her body in spasm from neck down with no feeling while limbs flailed. The normal seamless synchronization between body and soul had been broken, exposing two distinct constituents of her being. This out-of-sync moment was replaced by seamless consciousness returning. Medical examination revealed no broken bones or internal damage, only head hematoma and spinal cord bruising. The separation of body and life essence while still living has stayed with her as the strongest feeling. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: Clear out-of-body experience with observation of physical body from above, awareness of soul/spirit as distinct from physical body, and miraculous protection from serious injury despite dangerous fall. The recognition of body-soul duality aligns with biblical anthropology of humans as both physical and spiritual beings. Unbiblical elements: None identified. The experience of temporary body-soul separation during trauma is consistent with biblical understanding of human nature. |
5 | Other | 3 | 8 | 11 | Suggestive Evidence | 0 | Life-threatening fall from 10 feet onto concrete, head trauma | Out-of-body observation of own crumpled body from ceiling corner | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4/13/2025 | 1 | 0 | Saw own body from above | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 4 | ||||||||||
| 483 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 430 Vivian NDE 975 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1vivian_nde.html | 1983 | 1983-07-20 | 2004 | 22 | F |
Vivian was hospitalized with suspected multiple sclerosis (later diagnosed as Sydenham's chorea from untreated strep/rheumatic fever). While attempting to get out of bed, she fainted and found herself in a long dark tunnel moving rapidly toward a large bright light that radiated love. She recognized the light as Christ. She heard beautiful high-pitched wind chimes and legions of angels singing the Doxology. During the tunnel journey, she experienced a life review showing moments where she had expressed unconditional love - small, seemingly inconsequential acts that were forgotten. She was suddenly pulled backwards and awakened to a nurse calling her name on the floor. The experience completely transformed her from not believing Christ existed to having direct knowledge and becoming actively religious. She developed empathic gifts afterward and now shares her story with dying patients. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: Recognition of Christ as the light, angels singing hymns (Doxology), dark tunnel to divine light consistent with transition narratives, life review focused on acts of love aligning with biblical emphasis on love, complete spiritual transformation and conversion to faith, development of spiritual gifts for ministering to others. Experience strongly biblical. Unbiblical elements: None identified. The experience contains classic Christian NDE elements with explicit identification of Christ and angels singing traditional Christian hymns. |
6 | Hospital | 3 | 10 | 13 | Suggestive Evidence | 0 | Hospital illness with fainting episode, not considered immediately life-threatening | Tunnel, light identified as Christ, angels singing Doxology, life review | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4/13/2025 | 1 | 0 | Tunnel with Christ and angels | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 6 | ||||||||
| 484 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 678 Alan P NDE 2317 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1alan_p_nde.html | 2005 | M |
Alan P experienced a diabetic coma at work approximately ten years before submission. As a long-term diabetic since age thirteen, he was familiar with medical crises but this event was unique. During the coma, he found himself in a surreal room talking to unidentifiable people, experiencing an atmosphere brighter than normal with extraordinary peace and relaxation. The experience felt more real than ordinary consciousness. When recovery began, Alan felt confusion and movement, desperately yelling "Don't send me back! I don't want to go back!" He awoke in the hospital casualty department with a workmate restraining him. The medical crisis appeared to be a diabetic coma rather than cardiac arrest. The profound peace experienced during the event left a lasting impression, with Alan noting that what happened during the coma seemed more real than his recovery afterward. Alan reported no specific veridical observations that could be verified - the room and people remained indescribable and surreal. His experience centered on the overwhelming sense of peace, the unusual brightness of the environment, and his strong resistance to returning to normal consciousness. The experience transformed his understanding of consciousness and death, though he maintains an agnostic perspective. He believes such experiences will eventually be explained by science, possibly relating to quantum-level structures within cells. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: The experience included classic NDE elements of leaving the body, encountering beings in another realm, experiencing supernatural peace, and reluctantly returning to physical life. The bright, otherworldly environment and presence of unidentified beings align with biblical accounts of spiritual realms. Unbiblical elements: Alan maintains an agnostic worldview and interprets the experience through a scientific rather than spiritual lens. He suggests the soul might be quantum foam or zero-point energy, which contradicts biblical understanding of the soul as God's creation. No specific religious figures or divine judgment were encountered. |
4 | Other | 5 | 0 | 5 | Weak Evidence | 0 | Diabetic coma documented but not life-threatening per experiencer | No specific verifiable observations reported | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4/13/2025 | 1 | 0 | Surreal room with people during coma | 0.00 | Low Compatibility | 6 | |||||||||||
| 485 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 734 Amy P NDE 2432 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1amy_p_nde.html | 1999 | 2005 | 19 | F |
At age nineteen, Amy contracted Neisseria meningitis, a bacteria with 95% fatality rate within fifteen hours. Her body systems rapidly failed - kidneys shut down, liver failing, lungs and adrenal glands hemorrhaging, requiring constant blood transfusions. During emergency surgery for a ruptured spleen, given less than 2% chance of survival, Amy flat-lined with documented cardiac arrest at 244 beats per minute before stopping. While comatose with eyes taped shut, Amy was aware of the surgery. She observed an Indian doctor to her left and a brown curly-haired nurse to her right, both encouraging her to fight for life. The doctor asked if she believed in God. She felt the incision from chest to belly button without pain, just light touch. Her consciousness then shifted to viewing from above, observing her body and the medical team below. At the moment of cardiac arrest (confirmed on ECG), Amy entered a dark space with soft green background light. Three silhouettes offered her a choice to come with them or stay. Angered by dying young, she thought of ocean waves, thunderstorms, childhood memories, family, and campfires. Someone told her to "roll with the punches" and that "life will all make sense in the end." She then experienced a powerful breath filling her body with life. Amy remained comatose another week before waking with remarkable positivity. Four weeks later, both legs were amputated due to meningitis damage. One year later, she received a kidney transplant. Despite these challenges, she views everything as a blessing. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: The experience included clear out-of-body perception, encountering spiritual beings who offered a choice about continuing life, receiving wisdom about life's purpose, and transformation of perspective. The message to "roll with the punches" reflects biblical themes of trusting divine providence through trials. Unbiblical elements: None explicitly identified. While she doesn't claim a specific religious interpretation and identifies as liberal/non-religious, nothing in her experience contradicts biblical truth. The green light and three beings remain unidentified but aren't described in ways contradicting scripture. |
1 | Hospital | 10 | 18 | 38 | Exceptional Evidence | 10 | Clinical death with cardiac arrest documented on ECG, flat-lined during surgery | Specific observations of surgical team, procedure details, and conversations while in coma with eyes taped | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | Induced coma | 4/13/2025 | 3 | 1 | Saw surgical team positioning | 1.00 | Indian doctor, curly-haired nurse | Highly Compatible | 9 | |||||||
| 486 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 603 Ana G NDE 2167 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1ana_g_nde.html | 2001 | 2005 | F |
Ana G experienced severe post-surgical complications after childbirth and tubal ligation in August 2001. Following the procedure, one tube remained open causing internal bleeding. Medical staff failed to respond to her critical condition until she had convulsions and near loss of consciousness. Unable to find veins for IV insertion, medical team expressed concern about losing her pulse. During the crisis, Ana's consciousness separated from her body, rising upward toward an expanding white light. Though her body remained horizontal, she experienced vertical ascension. She heard echoes of voices from the room below, followed by total silence and immense peace - no pain, only happiness and anticipation of something marvelous awaiting in the light. The voices of her daughters ("Mommy, what's happening?") and her baby's cries pierced through, reminding her of her three young children. She pleaded with God: "No, my God, not yet. My children need me." Immediately, she felt herself fall from above back into her body on the hospital cot, pain returning. Surgery followed to repair the hemorrhage and clean spilled blood. She received two liters of blood transfusion. A doctor later confirmed she had been "very strong" and survived against odds. Ana interpreted this as God granting more time with her loved ones. The experience transformed her from moderate to conservative religious practice, taking her family to church regularly. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: Experience includes separation from body, ascension toward divine light, encountering transcendent peace and joy, direct prayer to God, immediate divine response returning her to life for her children's sake, and spiritual transformation leading to increased faith and religious devotion. Her plea to God and His apparent granting of extended life aligns perfectly with biblical prayer and divine mercy. Unbiblical elements: None identified. The experience strengthened orthodox Christian faith and practice. |
5 | Hospital | 7 | 5 | 14 | Suggestive Evidence | 2 | Life-threatening internal bleeding after surgery, nearly lost pulse | Heard family voices and saw brilliant light, but limited specific details | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4/13/2025 | 2 | 0 | Brilliant expanding white light | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 7 | ||||||||||
| 487 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 690 Ana Rita A NDE 2253 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1ana_rita_a_nde.html | 1990 | 2005 | F |
Ana Rita experienced an overdose in 1990 that led to respiratory arrest. Her boyfriend (now husband) found her not breathing, with sunken abdomen and purple coloration. He forced open her mouth to attempt resuscitation. During this critical state, Ana Rita experienced being drawn upward through a vertical tunnel - not horizontal as commonly described, but like being pulled up from a dark well. At the tunnel's apex, brilliant bright light filled her awareness along with an indescribable, overwhelming peace far exceeding any earthly understanding of tranquility. This wasn't ordinary peace but a profound fullness of peace impossible to convey to those who haven't experienced it. The wonderful sensations intensified as she approached the light. Her boyfriend's calls pulled her back. She argued with him, yelling that she didn't want to return, begging him to let her go. He persisted until she understood what was happening. The return felt like being violently vacuumed or rapidly pushed back down. When he initially revived her, the pain was so intense she scratched him, causing him to release her. She immediately began returning to the peaceful light. Another rescue attempt successfully brought her back to consciousness. The experience left Ana Rita without fear of death, instead viewing it with anticipation. She remembers every detail and sensation vividly, considering it definitely real. Though maintaining Catholic faith, the experience's significance transcends religious interpretation. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: The vertical ascension through darkness toward divine light, experiencing supernatural peace surpassing understanding, and the reluctant return to earthly life all align with biblical accounts of spiritual experiences. The overwhelming peace she describes echoes biblical descriptions of God's peace that "passes all understanding" (Philippians 4:7). Unbiblical elements: None identified. Though she doesn't interpret it religiously, nothing contradicts biblical truth. |
5 | Home | 5 | 2 | 11 | Suggestive Evidence | 4 | Drug overdose with respiratory arrest, not breathing, purple coloration | Tunnel and light experience but no specific verifiable details | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4/13/2025 | 1 | 1 | Vertical tunnel with light at apex | 0.00 | Boyfriend (now husband) | Highly Compatible | 6 | |||||||||
| 488 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 589 Adrian L NDE 2164 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1adrian_l_nde.html | 2004 | 2005 | M |
Adrian L was at home with his two-and-a-half-year-old daughter in August 2004 when he suddenly felt extremely weak and ill. He managed to call his neighbor to watch his daughter. According to the neighbor, immediately after handing over his daughter, Adrian collapsed onto the bed with his eyes rolling back. Adrian felt himself being drawn out of his body through his head, aware of rising vertically despite his body's horizontal position. All pain, worry, and negative feelings instantly vanished, replaced by complete contentment. Everything was bathed in white light with no single point of origin. He saw a large ship with a tall, luminescent female-looking creature standing on it, drawing him toward the vessel with an unspoken invitation. As he was going toward the ship, Adrian thought, "No! I must see my daughter grow up!" and immediately returned to his body. He believes he passed into a dream afterward with the same characters and settings, but recognized it as different from the NDE because it lacked the same feeling of contentedness. The experience gave Adrian comfort that "something is out there" after months of contemplating death and fearing it. However, it also caused him to doubt "the whole God thing" despite maintaining nominal Christian identity. He described the state as weightless, worry-free, painless awareness with incredible vividness. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: The experience included separation from body, supernatural peace replacing all negative emotions, encounter with a luminous being, choice to return for family responsibility, and lasting impact on death anxiety. The white light and peaceful realm align with some biblical descriptions. Unbiblical elements: The mystical ship and luminescent female figure don't align with biblical descriptions of angels or divine encounters. Adrian's conclusion to doubt God despite the spiritual experience suggests deception or confusion rather than divine encounter. |
6 | Home | 3 | 0 | 3 | Weak Evidence | 0 | Sudden weakness and unconsciousness, eyes rolled back | No verifiable observations, only mystical visions | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4/13/2025 | 1 | 0 | Ship with luminescent being | 0.00 | Low Compatibility | 7 | ||||||||||
| 489 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 669 Akemi A NDE 2296 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1akemi_a_nde.html | 1973 | 2005 | F |
In February 1973, Akemi was swimming with her cousin when a current dragged them out to sea. Her panicking cousin stepped on Akemi's head trying to reach the surface, causing Akemi to lose orientation. Unable to determine up from down, her swimming attempts caused her to sink deeper. She heard water entering her lungs and felt brief pain. Akemi then experienced a complete life review from age three until the drowning moment. She observed her body slowly sinking in the water from an outside perspective. Overwhelming peace and indescribable love filled her awareness as she saw and approached a shining light. The sensations intensified with proximity to the light. A lifeguard's rescue attempt violently pulled her back - she felt powerfully vacuumed/sucked away from the light as painful air entered her lungs. The pain was so intense she scratched the lifeguard, causing him to release her. She immediately returned toward the peaceful light. A second rescue successfully brought her to the surface where she lost consciousness, regaining awareness on shore after vomiting seawater. The experience profoundly changed Akemi's understanding: death is not as feared, we should give more love than customary, and death is merely life transition. She developed psychic abilities including sensing impending deaths, premonitory dreams (correctly foresaw President Fujimori fleeing to Japan months before it happened), and intuitive knowledge through touch. She assists others in danger, once saving a drowning man at a pool by sensing his distress. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: Life review, out-of-body experience seeing physical form below, approaching divine light with increasing love and peace, and transformation toward greater love align with biblical spiritual experiences. Her subsequent gift of helping others in danger could be seen as spiritual gifting. Unbiblical elements: The psychic abilities developed afterward - sensing deaths, premonitory dreams, intuitive knowledge through touch, and causing "uncomfortable unexpected events" to those who hurt her - align more with occult practices than biblical spiritual gifts. These abilities suggest opening to spiritual forces that may not be from God. |
5 | Other | 5 | 4 | 13 | Suggestive Evidence | 4 | Drowning with water entering lungs, lost consciousness | Saw own body sinking, complete life review from age 3 | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4/13/2025 | 2 | 1 | Saw own body sinking | 0.00 | Lifeguard | Low Compatibility | 8 | |||||||||
| 490 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 608 Anna NDE 2193 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1anna_nde.html | 2004 | 2005 | F |
Anna experienced cardiac arrest during transport to the hospital emergency room on August 28, 2004. After experiencing chest pains during a family weekend trip, she was taken by ambulance where her heart stopped upon arrival. Medical staff had to shock her three times to restore her heartbeat after she flatlined. During her clinical death, Anna had a profound vision of her recently deceased father (who had passed away on July 12, 2004, less than a month before). She saw him in an extraordinarily beautiful setting with vibrant green grass and trees. Her father appeared to be approximately fifty years old and was riding something like a lawnmower. He was waving at her and appeared genuinely happy in this peaceful environment. The colors were notably vivid - the grass was exceptionally green, and everything appeared more beautiful than earthly reality. Her father then motioned for her to move out of the way, which she interpreted as indicating it was not yet her time. The experience felt completely real to Anna, not dreamlike or hallucinatory. She clearly remembers every detail of the encounter. As his primary caregiver before his death, this vision brought her immense comfort and removed her fear of death. She now believes firmly in life after death and that she will reunite with her father someday. The experience has provided lasting emotional and spiritual transformation, giving her certainty that death leads to a beautiful realm surrounded by love. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: The experience contains several elements consistent with biblical accounts of the afterlife. Anna encountered a deceased loved one in a beautiful, paradise-like setting reminiscent of heavenly descriptions. The peaceful environment with vibrant nature aligns with biblical imagery of paradise. Her father's apparent youth and happiness reflect the biblical concept of restoration and joy in the afterlife. The sense that it was not yet her time mirrors biblical accounts where individuals are sent back to complete their earthly purpose. Unbiblical elements: None identified. The experience does not contain any elements that directly contradict biblical teachings. There is no mention of reincarnation, universal salvation regardless of faith, or occult practices. The absence of explicitly Christian imagery (Jesus, angels) does not make it unbiblical, as the experience focuses on reunion with a loved one in a peaceful afterlife, which is biblically compatible. |
1 | Hospital | 10 | 4 | 14 | Suggestive Evidence | 0 | Cardiac arrest with flatline documented, required three shocks to restore heartbeat | Saw deceased father in beautiful setting but no specific verifiable observations | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4/13/2025 | 1 | 0 | Saw deceased father in beautiful yard | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 6 | ||||||||||
| 491 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 638 Annie M NDE 20875 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1annie_m_nde.html | 1978 | 2005 | F |
Annie M, a piano student preparing for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Young Artist Series, suffered a ruptured brain aneurysm in February 1978. After experiencing severe headaches and vertigo, she was initially misdiagnosed as a drug overdose victim. A spinal tap revealed blood, confirming the aneurysm. She was placed in a drug-induced coma while awaiting surgery for ten days due to a blizzard that stranded the surgeon. Her pupils became fixed (but not dilated) before the 10-12 hour surgery, during which she also suffered a stroke. During surgery under anesthesia, Annie experienced floating on a cloud with no pressure points on her body, feeling complete peace, joy, and love. She felt her spirit soaring with an inner brightness and light, though she couldn't see her surroundings clearly. She believed she was in heaven and wanted to stay forever. She was then transported through a tunnel and suspended inside an immense sphere where she could see all events of her multiple lifetimes simultaneously in every direction - past, present, and future all occurring at once. After this life review sphere, she was drawn toward an incredibly bright Light that knew her name and expressed love for her. She became one with the Light, experiencing unconditional love and complete knowledge, surrounded by millions of other Lights who knew her. The Light told her three times she must return. Upon awakening with no expected deficits despite the stroke, Annie exhibited remarkable phenomena. She could see a spectrum of colors on the white hospital walls that others couldn't see, and observed glistening particles in the air. Her hearing was so acute she could hear her mother whispering about her from the opposite end of the house. She experienced predictive dreams, including one showing her brain's blood vessel blockage six months before a giant aneurysm was discovered. The surgeon called her recovery "a miracle" as she required no therapy despite predictions of months of rehabilitation. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: The experience contains numerous biblically consistent elements including out-of-body experience during clinical death, encountering a loving divine Light that knew her personally (consistent with God's omniscience), feelings of perfect peace and joy in a heavenly realm, and being sent back to complete earthly purpose. The transformation and loss of fear of death aligns with biblical promises. Her subsequent prophetic dreams could be interpreted as spiritual gifts. Unbiblical elements: The life review showing "all my lifetimes" and references to multiple past, present and future lives suggests reincarnation, which contradicts biblical teaching of one earthly life (Hebrews 9:27). The sphere showing multiple lifetimes simultaneously conflicts with linear biblical time and judgment. While the Light's love was emphasized, there was no mention of Jesus, salvation, or judgment based on faith, potentially suggesting universalism. |
5 | Hospital | 10 | 8 | 25 | Strong Evidence | 7 | Burst cerebral aneurysm requiring emergency surgery, pupils fixed indicating near-death state | Saw colors on walls others couldn't see, heard whispered conversation from far away, particles in air | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 4/13/2025 | 2 | 1 | Saw spectrum of colors on hospital walls | 0.00 | Mother | Mixed Compatibility | 9 | |||||||||
| 492 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 617 Anthony C NDE 2202 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1anthony_c_nde.html | 1973 | 2005 | 7 | M |
Seven-year-old Anthony experienced a near-drowning incident during a family lake outing in New Jersey, summer 1973. Unable to swim, he attempted to jump from a boat dock to join his older siblings at a floating platform but accidentally jumped into deeper water on the non-swimming side. He panicked and struggled for several minutes while beachgoers initially thought he was playing. After going under and giving up the struggle, Anthony had a profound out-of-body experience. Upon letting go, Anthony immediately left his body and observed himself underwater from above. He then rose above the water surface with remarkable 360-degree vision, seeing everything around him simultaneously. He sensed an omnipresent bright light above him that was "brighter but not painfully bright" - distinct from the sun. Despite being outside, he felt no boundaries, "no top, no sky, no limit." All panic and fear vanished, replaced by complete calmness. He felt like a balloon floating upward and watched as people on the beach finally noticed his distress. He observed a tall bearded man in red shorts run onto the dock, jump in, and pull him up, followed by another man and his father. The experience ended abruptly when he was "slammed" back into his body and began crying. He immediately tried telling his mother he had watched the rescue from above, but she dismissed it as impossible since he was underwater. At seven years old, he lacked the vocabulary to adequately describe the experience. He suppressed the memory until college when seeing a TV program on NDEs triggered recognition. The experience remains his clearest childhood memory, "sharp and real" despite lasting only about thirty seconds. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: The out-of-body experience during clinical crisis aligns with biblical concepts of spirit-body separation. The omnipresent light could represent divine presence. The complete peace replacing panic reflects "peace that passes understanding." The 360-degree vision suggests enhanced spiritual perception. Being returned to complete his earthly life implies divine purpose and timing. The lasting impact and clarity of the experience suggests genuine spiritual encounter. Unbiblical elements: None identified. The experience contains no reincarnation references, occult practices, or contradictions to scripture. While no explicitly Christian imagery appears (no angels, Jesus, or heaven), this absence doesn't make it unbiblical, particularly given his young age and limited religious framework for interpretation. |
5 | Other | 5 | 6 | 11 | Suggestive Evidence | 0 | Drowning with prolonged underwater submersion, life-threatening event | 360-degree vision of rescue, saw specific person in red shorts who saved him | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | Underwater | 4/13/2025 | 1 | 0 | Observed rescue from above water | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 6 | ||||||||
| 493 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 688 Andrew P NDE 16071/2335 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1andrew_p_nde.html | 1955 | 2005 | 18 | M |
Andrew P, a high school senior preparing for graduation in June 1955, drowned during a class picnic at a Michigan lake. Despite his mother's warnings about cold water and eating, he attempted to swim to a floating platform 100 yards offshore. Halfway there, severe cramps paralyzed his legs and eventually his entire body. After prolonged struggle and submersion, he sank to the lake bottom, becoming entangled in weeds and mud. In his extreme pain and terror, an inner voice told him to "let go for just a moment." Upon letting go, Andrew was instantly hurled through a black tunnel, looking back to see his body stuck in the weeds. He moved toward a brilliant Light "like a thousand exploding suns" that didn't hurt his eyes. All pain, cold, and fear vanished, replaced by warmth, peace, and joy. He entered an immense sphere where he experienced all his lifetimes - past, present, and future - simultaneously in 360 degrees, with no linear time, no judgment, only observation. He then merged with the Light, which appeared in human-like form radiating brightness. The Light knew his name, saying "Andy, do not be afraid. Andy, I love you. Andy, we love you." In the Light, Andrew became one with it while retaining his individual identity. He was surrounded by millions of other Lights who all knew each other. He experienced complete universal knowledge, understanding everything without questions. The Light knew everything about him and loved him unconditionally - no fear, judgment, or punishment, only love. When the Light told him three times he must return, he resisted but was instantly back on the beach. The experience left him profoundly changed, eventually leading him to write poetry and books about his experience, including "The Ithon" and "Alive in the Light." --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: The experience powerfully depicts divine love and personal relationship with God, who knew Andrew by name (Isaiah 43:1). The brilliant Light resembles biblical descriptions of God's glory. The transformation from death to life, darkness to light, parallels spiritual rebirth. Being sent back suggests divine purpose for continued life. The profound lasting impact and spiritual transformation align with genuine encounters with the divine. Unbiblical elements: References to "all my lifetimes - past, present and future" clearly indicates belief in reincarnation, contradicting Hebrews 9:27. The complete absence of moral judgment or accountability conflicts with biblical teaching about judgment after death. The suggestion that he came from "another planet at a higher consciousness" introduces new age concepts foreign to scripture. While emphasizing God's love, the total absence of sin, repentance, or need for salvation suggests universalism. |
5 | Other | 10 | 4 | 14 | Suggestive Evidence | 0 | Drowning with complete submersion, stuck in mud at lake bottom | Saw own body in weeds at lake bottom, but no verification possible | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | Underwater in weeds | 4/13/2025 | 1 | 0 | Saw own body at lake bottom | 0.00 | Low Compatibility | 9 | ||||||||
| 494 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 662 Andy N NDE 2292 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1andy_n_nde.html | 2004 | 2004-09-07 | 2005 | M |
Andy N suffered a severe closed head injury on September 7, 2004, when the pickup truck he was in flipped. He was unconscious and bleeding to death when paramedics arrived. Life Flight helicopter was called to transport him to a trauma center. Though Andy has no memory of the actual accident, he vividly remembers his experience during the period of unconsciousness. During his NDE, Andy found himself walking hand-in-hand with Jesus beside a pond. The experience was characterized by extreme comfort and peace. While he doesn't recall any verbal conversation taking place, the presence of Jesus and the act of holding hands conveyed profound meaning. Andy was aware of being outside his body and could observe the rescue scene from above. He saw the top of the Life Flight helicopter and watched rescue personnel working around his body. Inside the helicopter, Jesus continued holding his hand, providing comfort during the critical transport. A significant verification came later when Andy encountered one of the Life Flight paramedics who had responded to his accident. The paramedic confirmed that Andy's recollection of the helicopter's interior was completely accurate, despite Andy being unconscious during transport. Initially, family members were skeptical of his experience until they visited the crash site and discovered there was indeed a pond near the accident location, exactly as Andy had described. This discovery helped validate his experience for his family. The NDE transformed Andy from having doubts about God's existence to becoming a "firm believer." --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: This experience strongly aligns with biblical Christianity. Andy encountered Jesus Christ specifically, who provided comfort and peace during trauma (Matthew 11:28). Walking with Jesus reflects biblical fellowship with the Lord (Genesis 5:24, walking with God). The profound peace matches Christ's promise in John 14:27. The hand-holding demonstrates personal, intimate relationship with Jesus. The verified observations suggest genuine spiritual experience. The transformation from doubt to firm faith reflects biblical conversion and the lasting fruit of genuine encounter with Christ. Unbiblical elements: None identified. This experience contains no reincarnation, universalism, occult practices, or theological contradictions. The Christ-centered nature of the experience, focused on Jesus's personal presence and comfort, makes it fully compatible with biblical Christianity. |
5 | Ambulance | 5 | 8 | 20 | Moderate Evidence | 7 | Closed head injury from vehicle accident, unconscious and bleeding to death | Accurate description of helicopter interior verified by paramedic, pond location confirmed | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | Unconscious | 4/13/2025 | 1 | 1 | Saw Life Flight helicopter interior | 1.00 | Life Flight paramedic | Highly Compatible | 6 | |||||||
| 495 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 548 Andy S NDE 2104 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1andy_s_nde.html | 2000 | 2000-07-25 | 2005 | M |
Andy S underwent a six-hour cardiac ablation procedure on July 25, 2000, to correct severe abnormal heart rhythms (SVT - Supraventricular Tachycardia). During the procedure, surgeons routinely shock, stop, and restart the heart while burning abnormal muscle pathways. Due to the nature of the procedure, only mild sedation was used rather than general anesthesia, causing Andy to drift in and out of consciousness multiple times. The medical team stressed his heart to 250 beats per minute using heated blankets and adrenaline shots, then burned thirty-two quarter-sized areas of his heart. Near the end of the operation, after hearing staff discuss giving medication to slow his racing heart, Andy's heart suddenly stopped. He experienced total darkness and felt intense loneliness, isolation, and cold. Time became irrelevant in this dark void. Then he felt warmth and a Light that grew increasingly bright and intense, filling his entire being. The Light was "crisp white" like "a thousand suns exploding" and communicated with him non-verbally - he understood the Light itself, not words, feeling it run through him. The Light became one with him and conveyed a specific vision and purpose. After being resuscitated with large shock pads attached to his back, Andy awoke with a profound sense of mission. The Light had "infused" him with a vision of what to communicate to others. He spent the following year writing a book called "The Ithon" based on what the Light revealed. He describes being given a gift of writing he never had before, with complete clarity about what to write. However, distance from the experience brings fear about the magnitude of what the Light has given him to do in the world. He indicates becoming an "Ithonian" as his new religious identity. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: The experience of divine Light aligns with biblical descriptions of God as light (1 John 1:5). The non-verbal communication resembles how the Spirit communicates (Romans 8:26). The sense of purpose and mission parallels biblical calling. The transformation from darkness to light mirrors spiritual awakening. The lasting impact and new abilities could represent spiritual gifts (1 Corinthians 12). Unbiblical elements: The creation of a new religious system called "Ithonian" rather than Christianity raises serious concerns. Writing a new religious text ("The Ithon") based on the revelation suggests adding to scripture, which Revelation 22:18 warns against. The fear about what the Light gave him to do doesn't align with the spirit of power, love, and sound mind from God (2 Timothy 1:7). The absence of Christ or biblical framework in the revelation is concerning. |
1 | Hospital | 10 | 2 | 12 | Suggestive Evidence | 0 | Cardiac arrest during cardiac surgery with monitoring, heart stopped after reaching 250 bpm | No specific verifiable observations, only Light experience | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4/13/2025 | 0 | 0 | Low Compatibility | 6 | |||||||||||
| 496 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 673 Beth L NDE 2308 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1beth_l_nde.html | 2005 | 2005 | F |
Beth L experienced an NDE during outpatient surgery recovery when her blood pressure spiked dangerously to 175/138, causing chest pain and difficulty breathing. Her husband witnessed the medical emergency as alarms sounded and staff rushed to stabilize her. Upon losing consciousness, Beth suddenly felt all pain cease and experienced a wonderful sensation. She opened her eyes to blinding white light that surrounded everything. She then encountered Jesus standing about three feet away, feeling the most intense love she had ever experienced. His appearance was beautiful with moving hair and what appeared to be an ornament on his white robe. Communication occurred telepathically without lip movement. Beth observed several veridical elements during her experience. She saw herself trying to leave her body by kicking her legs, though she couldn't see her hands when reaching out. She heard her deceased father-in-law's voice telling her to return to care for her husband. Jesus showed her a vision of a tropical island with tanned children rising to heaven, which she later associated with the recent tsunami. She repeatedly called for Jesus while unconscious, which her husband confirmed hearing. The experience ended when Jesus told her it wasn't her time and she felt slammed back into her body, resuming all the pain. Her husband corroborated the medical crisis, reporting her bluish-white color and the specific blood pressure reading. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: The experience contains numerous biblical elements including encountering Jesus in radiant white robes, experiencing divine love, receiving a message about life purpose, and being told to return because it wasn't her time. The brilliant white light and communication without physical speech align with biblical descriptions of divine encounters. The presence of deceased family members in a heavenly realm is consistent with biblical afterlife concepts. Unbiblical elements: The description of an ornament on Jesus's robe that Beth's father identified as possibly the Sacred Heart (a Catholic symbol) introduces denominational elements not explicitly biblical. The vision of children from what might be the tsunami rising to heaven, while compassionate, doesn't clearly align with biblical eschatology. Beth's questioning of Mormon versus Catholic imagery suggests denominational confusion rather than pure biblical experience. |
5 | Hospital | 7 | 8 | 25 | Strong Evidence | 10 | Post-surgical blood pressure crisis documented with specific readings (175/138), medical staff response with alarms and intervention | Husband confirmed she repeatedly called for Jesus while unconscious, specific BP readings verified, but mostly subjective spiritual observations | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | Unconscious | 4/13/2025 | 3 | 1 | Saw Jesus in white robes | 0.00 | Husband | Highly Compatible | 8 | ||||||||
| 497 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 577 Bob H NDE 20703 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1bob_h_nde.html | 1966 | 2005 | M |
Bob H experienced an NDE at a swimming pool in 1966 when his uncle jumped in beside him, pulling him underwater as he was surfacing. He ran out of air and inhaled water, leading to drowning and loss of consciousness. During the experience, Bob found himself floating five to six feet above the pool, looking down at the scene below. He remembers saying aloud "I am all right" and feeling amazing with total joy and no pain. From his elevated perspective, he could see people gathered around someone on the sidewalk beside the pool, though he didn't recognize anyone or realize it was his own body they were working on. He describes a peculiar dissociation where he was still himself but didn't know "Bob" or identify with the body below. The only veridical observation was his out-of-body view of the rescue scene from above the pool. He could see and hear everything happening below, which he finds inexplicable given his unconscious state. The experience lasted approximately six to seven minutes. Bob experienced significant pain when returning to his body, which he understood as "the pain of life." The experience left him with a strong belief in consciousness surviving bodily death, though he shared it with very few people, only telling his father when he was diagnosed with lung cancer and later his wife. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: The experience contains the fundamental biblical element of consciousness surviving outside the physical body, consistent with the biblical teaching that humans have both body and spirit. The out-of-body perspective and ability to observe earthly events from a spiritual vantage point aligns with biblical accounts of spiritual vision. The overwhelming sense of peace and joy could reflect the peace that surpasses understanding mentioned in Scripture. Unbiblical elements: None identified. The experience is brief and contains only basic NDE elements without any contradictory theological claims or new age concepts. |
5 | Other | 5 | 4 | 9 | Weak Evidence | 0 | Clear drowning incident with loss of consciousness, rescue efforts described | Basic OBE observation of rescue scene, no specific verified details | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | Drowning/unconscious | 4/13/2025 | 1 | 0 | Viewed rescue scene from above pool | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 5 | |||||||||
| 498 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 722 Bonnie L NDE 2407 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1bonnie_l_nde.html | 1950 | 2005 | 2 | F |
Bonnie L reports multiple NDEs throughout childhood. At age 2, she was struck on the forehead by a large falling radio while trying to climb it. At age 8, she "died" during the night while ill with scarlet fever. At age 15, a dental injection containing epinephrine caused her heart to stop. Additional spontaneous OBEs occurred throughout her twenties and thirties. During these experiences, Bonnie consistently encountered brilliant white light, intense colors, and indescribable music. In her dental experience at 15, she observed her body from above and saw magazines scattered on the floor that had been in her lap - a detail confirmed when she returned to her body. She experienced 360-degree vision and hearing, feeling herself as large as the earth. Many experiences involved serving as a guide helping soon-to-die individuals prepare through dream conferences, understanding this happens to everyone though they don't consciously remember. Veridical elements include seeing the emergency responder in dark uniform at age 2 (mother confirmed details), observing magazines scattered on floor during dental emergency (confirmed upon return), and numerous OBE observations during her twenties including one urgent experience requiring her to leave work. Mother later verified specific details about the house and emergency responder from when Bonnie was 2. One OBE involved traveling into space until firmly told "Go Back! It's not your time yet." Bonnie also experienced an angelic healing encounter in the 1980s that cured a year-long strep illness. The experiences gave her certainty about life after death and she now sees death as "graduation." --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: The brilliant unearthly light aligns with biblical descriptions of divine radiance. Out-of-body experiences reflect the biblical distinction between body and spirit. Being told "it's not your time" shows divine sovereignty over life and death. The angelic healing encounter has biblical precedent. The role of helping others prepare for death could reflect biblical concepts of spiritual ministry. Unbiblical elements: The concept of helping people prepare for death through dream conferences before they die suggests a structured spiritual system not described in Scripture. Multiple spontaneous OBEs used for "teaching" and regular spiritual travel implies abilities beyond biblical descriptions. The certainty about having "been there before" hints at possible pre-existence beliefs. |
5 | Other | 7 | 12 | 26 | Strong Evidence | 7 | Multiple life-threatening events: head trauma at 2, scarlet fever at 8, cardiac arrest from epinephrine at 15 | Mother verified details from age 2 incident including emergency responder description; confirmed magazine placement during dental emergency | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | Multiple incidents | 4/13/2025 | 3 | 1 | Saw emergency responder at age 2 | 1.00 | Mother | Mixed Compatibility | 8 | |||||||
| 499 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 583 Anthony M NDE 2151 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1anthony_m_nde.html | 2002 | 2002-05-29 | 2005 | M |
Anthony M was killed in a motorcycle accident on May 29, 2002, when hit head-on by a car. He flew 76 feet, landed on his head without a helmet, suffered a caved-in skull, broken neck, and broken back in two places. He was clinically dead for 33 minutes before being revived at Maine Medical Center, where top neurosurgeons from Boston happened to be present. One-third of his brain was removed, yet he recovered with no lasting deficits. Following a blue spiral light upward, Anthony encountered his deceased family on a white stone bridge - his father, two sisters, grandmother, and uncle. His father spoke about a jacket meant for Anthony's brother, showing him his torn accident jacket as evidence. When Anthony tried to see behind his grandmother's golden glow, she pushed his hand away saying the light wasn't for him. All family members told him in unison it wasn't his time. Jesus then appeared on a beam of light and gave Anthony a choice to stay or return. Jesus showed him visions of his loved ones' broken hearts and future events including his stepdaughter's wedding at age 20 with no one to give her away. Anthony could hear the actual prayers of family members as if they were present. Each prayer he heard caused one step of light to disappear, moving him downward. Jesus physically guided Anthony's spirit back into his body in the operating room with his right hand on Anthony's hand and left hand behind his head. Medical professionals confirmed no medical explanation for his recovery, stating only "divine intervention" could explain it. Surgeons who operated confirmed the miraculous nature of his survival and recovery. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: The encounter with Jesus Christ as a compassionate figure offering choice aligns with biblical portrayals. The deceased family members in a paradise-like setting reflects biblical afterlife. Being told "it's not your time" and "I have bigger, better things planned for you" shows divine sovereignty. The power of intercessory prayer literally bringing him back demonstrates biblical prayer efficacy. Jesus physically guiding his spirit back shows Christ's authority over life and death. Unbiblical elements: None identified. The experience maintains strong biblical consistency throughout, with Jesus as the central divine figure showing compassion and authority, the power of prayer, and divine purpose for continued life. |
1 | Hospital | 10 | 18 | 48 | Exceptional Evidence | 20 | Clinically dead 33 minutes, cardiac arrest with full monitoring, extensive surgery, 1/3 of brain removed | Heard specific prayers from multiple people while dead, future vision of stepdaughter wedding, saw his own surgery | written_account | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | Severe head trauma, broken neck | 4/13/2025 | 5 | 2 | Heard prayers of living family members | 1.00 | Neurosurgeons from Boston, emergency staff | Highly Compatible | 9 | |||||||
| 500 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 585 Aussie Q NDE 2157 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1aussie_q_nde.html | 1991 | 2005 | F |
Aussie Q experienced an NDE in late 1991 when prescribed medication caused a severe allergic reaction. She collapsed at home while a visitor was present, who called an ambulance when she appeared grey in the face. During the medical crisis, Aussie experienced a remarkable panoramic life review that appeared in her mind from left to right "like an IMAX movie." She witnessed all the important moments of her life up to that point, with the experience occurring at incredible speed with everything happening at once. Many of the earlier life moments that appeared were events she had long forgotten until the NDE brought them back to consciousness. The review specifically showed the most significant events from age two or three through to the present moment. Throughout the experience, she maintained heightened awareness and could hear everything around her, including her visitor panicking, though she herself felt calm and peaceful rather than worried. Her thoughts moved incredibly fast during the panoramic playback. The life review experience felt more real than ordinary life and permanently changed her perspective on life. She awoke at the hospital where medical staff confirmed she had suffered a severe allergic reaction to the prescribed medication. The experience remains as vivid today as when it occurred, and she considers it definitely real. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: The life review element aligns with biblical concepts of life accountability and the idea that our deeds are known to God. The heightened consciousness and awareness during a near-death state reflects the biblical teaching of spiritual awareness beyond physical limitations. The peaceful, calm feeling despite life-threatening circumstances could reflect divine peace. Unbiblical elements: None identified. The experience consists primarily of a life review without any theological claims or encounters that would contradict Scripture. |
5 | Home | 3 | 2 | 5 | Weak Evidence | 0 | Severe allergic reaction causing collapse, grey appearance, required ambulance | Life review only with no externally verifiable observations | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | Allergic reaction | 4/13/2025 | 1 | 0 | Panoramic life review | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 6 | |||||||||
| 501 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 547 Barbara S NDE 7375/5023/2102 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1barbara_s_nde.html | 1962 | 2005 | 10 | F |
Barbara S experienced an NDE at age 10-11 while at her family's cabin in northern Michigan during summer 1962. While wading in a crystal-clear river at chest height, she stepped into deep water and went under, unable to swim. The river current moved her sideways at about 3-5 mph while she remained underwater with eyes open. Upon leaving her body, Barbara entered a brilliant clear white light that enveloped her completely. All fear of drowning instantly vanished, replaced by incredible love and total acceptance. She recognized herself as being part of this light while maintaining her individual identity, feeling she had "come home" to where she belonged. The light contained a presence that communicated telepathically, telling her "you are here to learn how to love and to gain knowledge" with all implications of these concepts imparted instantly. The message encompassed not just romantic love but love of nature, acceptance of all people regardless of race, and universal human equality. Similarly, knowledge meant not just academic learning but understanding different cultures and histories. Barbara understood this wasn't just her personal mission but the purpose of all mankind on Earth. She felt this was a reminder of what she had "signed up for" in this life. The experience has guided her entire life path, leading her to run an international business for 25 years working with foreign students and professors, literally fulfilling the mission given during her NDE. She remains certain that "we are all exactly the same in the creator's eyes." --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: The brilliant divine light and overwhelming love align with biblical descriptions of God as light and love. The commission to love reflects Christ's greatest commandments. The emphasis on human equality echoes biblical teaching that all are created in God's image. The sense of divine purpose and calling parallels biblical concepts of God's plan for each life. Unbiblical elements: The statement about knowing the light "intimately" from before and feeling she had "signed up for" this life suggests pre-existence of souls, contradicting biblical teaching of creation at conception. Her post-experience belief in reincarnation ("we have many lives") directly contradicts Hebrews 9:27 about dying once then judgment. Her rejection of hell as "man-made" contradicts clear biblical teaching. |
5 | Other | 5 | 6 | 11 | Suggestive Evidence | 0 | Near-drowning in river, unable to swim, moved underwater by current | Received life purpose message, universal insights, but no externally verifiable observations | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | Drowning | 4/13/2025 | 2 | 0 | Received life purpose message | 0.00 | Low Compatibility | 8 | ||||||||
| 502 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 664 Bruce Y NDE 2300 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1bruce_y_nde.html | 2002 | 2002-05-09 | 2005 | M |
Bruce ignored heart problem symptoms for over a day before driving himself to the hospital. Shortly after arrival, he experienced cardiac arrest requiring defibrillation. During the event, he found himself in warm golden light experiencing profound peace. He encountered several robed figures who welcomed him and felt overwhelming divine love that he concluded could only be God's love. A hospital employee confirmed using paddles to resuscitate him, leaving burn marks on his chest as proof. Following the experience, Bruce underwent triple bypass surgery without nervousness. He experienced unusual aftereffects including hearing contemporary Christian music internally and discovering he could perform extraordinary feats of strength while listening to specific worship songs. The experience transformed his spiritual understanding, distinguishing between religion and spirituality. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: The experience included classic NDE elements consistent with biblical accounts: transition to another realm, beings in white robes welcoming him, divine light, and overwhelming divine love. The transformative spiritual effects and enhanced connection to worship music align with biblical transformation narratives. The experience strengthened his faith in God and heaven without requiring denominational boundaries. Unbiblical elements: None identified. The experience appears highly compatible with biblical descriptions of divine encounters and the afterlife. |
1 | Hospital | 10 | 0 | 10 | Suggestive Evidence | 0 | Clear cardiac arrest with defibrillation documented, burn marks as physical evidence | No specific veridical observations reported - experience focused on spiritual elements | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4/13/2025 | 2 | 1 | Saw warm golden light | 0.00 | Hospital employee | Highly Compatible | 6 | ||||||||
| 503 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 581 Catalin A NDE 2146 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1catalin_a_nde.html | 1984 | 2005 | 5 | M |
Five-year-old Catalin was playing at his father's school when he collided with an older student while running toward his father. The severe head impact resulted in a three-day coma. After the collision, he experienced thick fog followed by perfect vision and hearing while unconscious. He observed his father carrying him to the hospital, witnessed conversations with a man they met, and saw two schoolgirls accompanying them. Despite being in a coma, he maintained consciousness of events occurring around him. The doctor confirmed he was comatose for three days and expressed relief when Catalin recovered. When told they thought they had lost him, the doctor turned white. The experience left Catalin with questions about consciousness during coma states. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: The experience included heightened awareness during unconsciousness, consistent with biblical accounts of spiritual consciousness transcending physical limitations. The preservation of awareness while physically incapacitated aligns with the biblical understanding of the soul's independence from the body. The child's innocent perspective and subsequent questioning reflects biblical themes of childlike faith. Unbiblical elements: None identified. The experience was primarily observational without contradictory spiritual content. |
4 | Hospital | 5 | 10 | 15 | Moderate Evidence | 0 | Severe head trauma resulting in documented three-day coma | Multiple specific observations including father carrying him, man on street, two schoolgirls | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4/13/2025 | 3 | 0 | Saw father carrying him to hospital | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 3 | |||||||||
| 504 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 571 Catherine Mc NDE 2135 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1catherine_mc_nde.html | 1971 | 2005 | 5 | F |
Five-year-old Catherine was mauled by an Old English sheepdog, suffering severe facial injuries and massive blood loss. In the emergency room, she rose eight feet above her body, observing the frantic medical scene below with her crying father. She felt supported by a female presence and experienced perfect warmth, love, and joy in bright white surroundings. A brilliant being approached asking if she wanted to enter the light, but she declined, unable to leave her family. She was immediately returned to her body. Catherine vividly recalls emergency room details including French mint paint color and beige speckled linoleum. Post-NDE, she developed psychic abilities including precognition, medical intuition, and accurately predicted major events like the Berlin Wall falling. She also experienced a second mystical encounter at age thirty during severe pneumonia, where five robed beings protected her through the night. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: Classic out-of-body experience with observation from above, encounter with luminous beings, divine light and overwhelming love consistent with biblical heaven. The protective beings during her second experience align with biblical accounts of guardian angels. Her developed gift of prophecy and healing knowledge reflects biblical spiritual gifts. Unbiblical elements: None identified. All elements align with biblical accounts of divine encounters and spiritual gifts. |
5 | Hospital | 5 | 15 | 25 | Strong Evidence | 5 | Severe dog attack with facial mauling and massive blood loss requiring emergency surgery | Specific details: French mint walls, speckled linoleum, father's position, medical staff actions | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4/13/2025 | 3 | 1 | Observed emergency room layout from above | 1.00 | Parents | Highly Compatible | 8 | ||||||||
| 505 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 691 Brandy F NDE 2366 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1brandy_f_nde.html | 1963 | 2005 | 13 | F |
Thirteen-year-old Brandy fell into a diabetic coma (later diagnosed as Type 1 diabetes). She experienced a terrifying dark tunnel with inhuman creatures trying to grab her while speeding toward a bright light. A voice from the light urged her to hurry and escape the creatures. Upon reaching the light, another voice comforted her, and she progressed through increasingly brighter lights. At the brightest level, she was told she wasn't ready and given the choice to stay or return. She was shown her future including two unborn brothers and her future son. She watched the doctor performing chest compressions and declaring her dead before willing herself back into her body. The experience gave her permanent abilities including seeing auras and precognitive dreams about disasters. She now believes religious texts are only five percent accurate and that major earth changes are coming. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: The tunnel experience with dark creatures parallels biblical descriptions of spiritual warfare and demonic opposition. The progressive levels of light align with biblical concepts of heavenly realms. Being shown future events reflects biblical prophecy. The transformative effects and spiritual gifts match biblical accounts. Unbiblical elements: Claims that the Bible is only five percent correct, belief that Christ came only to teach rather than die for sins, rejection of biblical salvation doctrine, and promotion of self-judgment over divine judgment directly contradict core Christian theology. |
4 | Hospital | 5 | 8 | 13 | Suggestive Evidence | 0 | Diabetic coma with clinical death mentioned | Accurate predictions of future family members verified years later | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4/13/2025 | 1 | 0 | Saw doctor working on her body | 0.00 | Low Compatibility | 8 | |||||||||
| 506 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 698 Brenda G NDE 2371 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1brenda_g_nde.html | 1970 | 2005 | F |
Brenda was on a blind date that turned violent when her date drove her to isolated woods and attempted rape. After being knocked unconscious, she experienced walking through a door into calm darkness, then encountered brilliant light. A voice from the light spoke through her saying "I'll quit crying," causing her attacker to immediately stop and release her. She saw two robed figures (male and female) watching over her and felt directed to find the car despite not knowing its location. An inner voice guided her to safety. She credits divine intervention for her survival, believing she would have died without the supernatural help received during the attack. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: The experience demonstrates clear divine intervention during mortal danger, consistent with biblical accounts of God's protection. The robed figures align with guardian angels described in scripture. The voice speaking through her to stop the attack parallels biblical accounts of God speaking through individuals. The supernatural guidance to safety reflects divine providence. Unbiblical elements: None identified. The experience appears to be a clear case of divine protection during extreme danger. |
5 | Other | 3 | 6 | 9 | Weak Evidence | 0 | Life-threatening violent attack with loss of consciousness | Voice intervention, seeing robed figures, supernatural guidance to safety | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4/13/2025 | 2 | 0 | Saw two robed figures | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 6 | ||||||||||
| 507 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 619 Brian NDE 2198 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1brian_nde.html | 2000 | 2000-06-08 | 2005 | M |
Brian collapsed from heat at a picnic and was pronounced dead at 1:41:23 PM after failed resuscitation attempts including three uses of defibrillator paddles. During death, he found himself in a vast turquoise-blue grass field with extraordinary sensory perception - able to see thousands of miles and sense every blade of grass from all angles. A golden puppy ran to him showing intense recognition and joy. Hundreds of people approached in the distance, some familiar. He spontaneously revived shocking medical staff who removed his toe tag. Two days later, a stranger brought him an identical puppy claiming someone named "Norine" said he liked animals. The dog, named Blu, has since demonstrated precognitive abilities - warning of theft, predicting a car crash saving children, and detecting an electrical fire in walls before it started. Brian believes Blu was a divine gift. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: The expansive heavenly realm with enhanced perception aligns with biblical descriptions of paradise. The approaching multitude suggests the communion of saints. The miraculous revival after clinical death and the prophetic dog demonstrating supernatural knowledge reflect divine intervention and providence consistent with biblical accounts of God's gifts. Unbiblical elements: None identified. The experience and subsequent events appear to demonstrate divine providence and protection. |
2 | Hospital | 10 | 12 | 29 | Strong Evidence | 7 | Cardiac arrest, pronounced dead at specific time (1:41:23 PM) after failed resuscitation | Precognitive puppy arrival, multiple verified predictions by dog | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | toe tag applied | 4/13/2025 | 2 | 1 | Saw turquoise-blue grass field | 0.00 | Brian (experiencer) | Highly Compatible | 7 | |||||||
| 508 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 682.5 Cheryl D NDE 20963 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1cheryl_d_nde.html | 1989 | 2005 | F |
Cheryl D attempted suicide by taking 29 sleeping pills prescribed by her doctor. Her mother found her unconscious the next morning at 7:30am after she had gone into a fitting state and stopped breathing. During this medical crisis, Cheryl experienced a classic out-of-body experience, watching from above as her father attempted to resuscitate her. She observed herself from a ceiling perspective, seeing her father enter the room and begin resuscitation efforts. The experience gave her a profound sense that consciousness continues beyond physical death, transforming her previous skepticism about out-of-body experiences. She regained consciousness in the ambulance, connected to heart monitors and oxygen. The experience left her with lasting guilt about hurting her loved ones, and her family remains reluctant to discuss the incident. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: This experience contains the fundamental biblical element of consciousness separating from the physical body, consistent with the biblical understanding that humans possess both body and spirit (2 Corinthians 5:8). The out-of-body experience aligns with Paul's description of being "absent from the body." The transformative nature of the experience, leading to belief in spiritual reality, reflects biblical accounts of spiritual awakening. Unbiblical elements: None identified. The experience lacks any contradictory elements such as reincarnation, universalism, or occult practices. The subject's newfound belief in "something out there" remains open-ended rather than specifically contradicting biblical teaching. |
5 | Home | 5 | 8 | 13 | Suggestive Evidence | 0 | Suicide attempt with 29 sleeping pills, stopped breathing, fitting state described | Clear OBE with specific observation of father's resuscitation attempts from above perspective | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4/13/2025 | 2 | 0 | Watched self from above body | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 5 | ||||||||||
| 509 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 646 Cheryl NDE 2259 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1cheryl_nde.html | 1961 | 2005 | F |
Cheryl experienced a near-drowning incident as a child in 1961 or 1962 when a rubber dingy tipped in the middle of a lake. She was not wearing a life jacket while her friend was. Upon entering the water, Cheryl immediately had an out-of-body experience, observing herself drowning from high above with remarkable clarity and dispassion. She watched her arms flailing, saw air bubbles emerging from her mouth, and noticed the vivid color of her swimsuit. A bright spotlight-like light surrounded her drowning body, appearing to shine down from above. Throughout the experience, she felt completely dispassionate - neither afraid, curious, nor sad - simply observing the scene objectively. Her mother managed to grab her around the waist and pull her to the surface, saving her life. The experience left her with enhanced awareness and a lasting curiosity about its meaning. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: The out-of-body experience with consciousness separating from the physical body aligns with biblical understanding of human duality (body and spirit). The presence of supernatural light from above could represent divine presence or angelic activity. The preservation of consciousness during physical crisis supports the biblical view of the soul's independence from the body. Unbiblical elements: None identified. The experience contains no elements contradicting biblical teaching such as reincarnation, universalism, or occult practices. |
5 | Other | 5 | 10 | 15 | Moderate Evidence | 0 | Near-drowning incident in lake, life-threatening submersion | Vivid OBE observation of self drowning, spotlight of mystical light, specific visual details | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4/13/2025 | 3 | 0 | Observed self drowning from above | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 5 | ||||||||||
| 510 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 582 Chris L NDE 20726 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1chris_l_nde.html | 2005 | M |
Chris L had a severe reaction to anesthesia during oral surgery that resulted in cardiac arrest. He was flatlined for over three minutes before being successfully resuscitated. During this clinical death, Chris found himself with his deceased father-in-law in an incredibly peaceful realm that he did not want to leave. Remarkably, his father-in-law, who could not speak English when alive, communicated with him perfectly clearly during the experience. Chris was aware of the resuscitation efforts, feeling the defibrillator paddles shocking his body and sensing his body moving up and down while his consciousness remained still in darkness with arms crossed. Since this profound experience, Chris has developed the ability to have controlled out-of-body experiences when falling asleep, feeling a tether connecting his soul to his body that sometimes snaps him back. The experience left him with enhanced spiritual abilities and a new understanding of consciousness beyond the physical body. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: The encounter with a deceased relative in a peaceful realm aligns with biblical concepts of paradise and the continued existence of souls after death. The separation of consciousness from body during clinical death supports the biblical view of human duality (body/spirit). The sense of peace and reluctance to return reflects descriptions of being "with the Lord" as "far better" (Philippians 1:23). Unbiblical elements: The development of controlled OBE abilities could be concerning from a biblical perspective, as deliberate pursuit of such experiences might border on occult practices. However, since these appear to be spontaneous rather than sought through forbidden means, they may simply be aftereffects rather than problematic practices. |
1 | Hospital | 10 | 12 | 29 | Strong Evidence | 7 | Cardiac arrest during oral surgery, flatlined for over 3 minutes with resuscitation | Met deceased father-in-law who spoke clearly despite language barrier in life, aware of defibrillation | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 4/13/2025 | 2 | 1 | Communication with deceased father-in-law | 0.00 | Paramedic | Highly Compatible | 7 | ||||||||||
| 511 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 940 Catherine R NDE 2781/4977/2780 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1catherine_r_ndes.html | 1988 | 2005 | 28 | F |
Catherine R experienced clinical death in 1988 when a 6'4" skier crashed into her from a ski jump in St. Anton, Austria. She felt intense pain everywhere before it suddenly stopped, leading to the realization "So THIS is what it's like to die." She left her body and rose to a white cloud-like boundary where she encountered two hooded figures in white robes approaching on what appeared to be a moving sidewalk. They revealed themselves as her deceased Uncle John and grandmother - her only deceased relatives at the time. Unable to move or speak, she desperately wanted to embrace her uncle but could only communicate through thought. Her uncle shook his head indicating it wasn't her time and both figures turned and left. She returned to her body with sharp chest pain as her husband resuscitated her. An MRI in 1994 revealed dead brain cells in her left temporal lobe consistent with 3-5 minutes of clinical death. The experience left her without fear of death but with permanent memory impairment, seizures, and enhanced psychic abilities including accurate premonitions and Ouija board experiences. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: The experience contains classic biblical NDE elements including consciousness surviving bodily death, encountering deceased relatives in white robes (similar to biblical descriptions of heavenly beings), a boundary between life and death, and being sent back because "it wasn't your time" (reflecting divine sovereignty over life and death). The white, cloud-like realm aligns with biblical imagery of heaven. Unbiblical elements: The Ouija board experiences and enhanced psychic abilities are problematic from a biblical perspective, as scripture forbids divination and mediumship (Deuteronomy 18:10-12). While these developed after the NDE rather than during it, their presence suggests spiritual influences that may not align with biblical teaching. |
5 | Other | 10 | 15 | 25 | Strong Evidence | 0 | Clinical death from trauma, 3-5 minutes brain death confirmed by MRI showing dead cells | Detailed encounter with identified deceased relatives, white realm, moving sidewalk, thought communication | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4/13/2025 | 3 | 0 | Saw white cloud boundary layer | 0.00 | Mixed Compatibility | 8 | |||||||||
| 512 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 687 C.D. NDE 2328 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1cd_nde.html | 1978 | 2005 | F |
C.D. experienced an NDE during surgery for a blood clot in her head in 1978. She left her body and observed doctors working on her from above. She then traveled rapidly through a beautifully colored tunnel and entered a realm of wonderful, warm light. At a bridge, she encountered multiple deceased family members including her father who had died less than a year prior. He greeted her warmly saying "Hi Mija" and was proud to show her to other smiling relatives surrounded by light. After some time, a voice declared it wasn't her time and she had things to do. Her father's expression turned sad as she was sent back against her will, crying and protesting. She returned through the tunnel instantly back to her body. The experience gave her certainty that God is real and that deceased loved ones are in a better place. She developed abilities to sense spirits and discern good from bad in people. Her mother later confirmed she had mentioned seeing her grandmother upon waking, though the experience was never discussed with her directly. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: The experience strongly aligns with biblical accounts - traveling through a tunnel to a light-filled realm, encountering deceased relatives at a boundary (bridge), divine voice declaring it's not her time (sovereignty over life/death), and increased spiritual discernment afterward. The warm light and joyful reunion with loved ones reflects biblical descriptions of paradise and comfort for believers. Unbiblical elements: The ability to "sense dead spirits around me" could be concerning if it involves mediumship or communication with the dead, which scripture forbids. However, if this is simply spiritual awareness rather than active communication, it may not be problematic. |
3 | Hospital | 7 | 18 | 25 | Strong Evidence | 0 | Surgery for blood clot in head under general anesthesia | Detailed tunnel experience, identified deceased father and relatives, divine voice, bridge boundary | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 4/13/2025 | 2 | 0 | Saw doctors working on her body | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 8 | ||||||||||
| 513 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 624 Charles M NDE 2233 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1charles_m_nde.html | 2003 | 2003-06-05 | 2005 | M |
Charles M, a police officer, suffered four brain aneurysms with associated stroke while working out at Gold's Gym in Georgia on June 5, 2003. After experiencing excruciating head pain, he collapsed and coded in the ambulance. Upon leaving his body, he floated near the ambulance ceiling watching paramedics frantically resuscitate him. Two frightening angels, 9-10 feet tall, then escorted him through space to heaven. There he encountered God/Jesus emerging from a room, wearing a translucent robe with gold belt, having the face of a lion. The streets appeared to be gold but were obscured by mist. God communicated telepathically not to be afraid. Charles felt sorry for God perceiving Him as lonely since he saw no one else there besides angels. God gestured for him to return to earth and his body. Upon revival, the paramedic confirmed he had coded and arranged helicopter transport to a brain injury facility. The experience eliminated his fear of death and strengthened his faith. He now suffers from mild seizures but knows with certainty where he will spend eternity. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: This experience contains numerous biblical elements: angels as escorts (though frightening aligns with biblical accounts where angels often say "fear not"), God with the face of a lion (Revelation 5:5 - Lion of Judah), golden streets of heaven (Revelation 21:21), telepathic/spiritual communication, and divine sovereignty over life and death. The transformative effect strengthening faith aligns with biblical spiritual encounters. Unbiblical elements: The description of God appearing lonely and the subject feeling sorry for Him doesn't align with biblical theology where God is complete in Himself and surrounded by countless angels and saints. However, this may reflect limited perception rather than theological error. |
1 | Ambulance | 10 | 20 | 40 | Exceptional Evidence | 10 | Four brain aneurysms with stroke, coded in ambulance, confirmed cardiac arrest | Detailed heaven visit, specific description of God/angels, observed resuscitation efforts, telepathic communication | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4/13/2025 | 4 | 2 | Watched resuscitation from ceiling | 1.00 | Paramedic | Highly Compatible | 8 | ||||||||
| 514 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 735 Cody S NDE 2427 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1cody_s_nde.html | 2005 | 2005 | M |
Cody was driving downtown with friends when he ran a red light without paying attention. Two cars slammed into him from the side, causing him to hit his head on the steering wheel. He died from the injuries and experienced a profound near-death experience. During the experience, Cody saw a bright light and felt completely free of pain. He was transported through a tunnel where he witnessed flashbacks of his entire life passing before him. He knew with certainty that he was dead. He then found himself standing in a beautiful meadow filled with flowers, with animals running freely around him. While in the meadow, someone approached him who he recognized as his deceased grandmother. When he asked her where he was, she told him he was in heaven but that he was not ready to die yet. He asked if he would ever follow his dreams, but she said she couldn't tell him before disappearing. As he searched for her, the entire scene began to fade away. Cody found himself back in the hospital where his mother confirmed he had died. The experience occurred just two months before his account, and it profoundly impacted his awareness, particularly about paying attention while driving. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: The experience contains several elements consistent with biblical accounts including the bright divine light, meeting deceased family members in the afterlife, being in a heavenly realm described as a beautiful meadow, and being told it wasn't his time to die yet. The sense of peace and absence of pain aligns with biblical descriptions of heaven. Unbiblical elements: None identified. The experience does not contain reincarnation, new age concepts, universal salvation, or other elements that contradict scripture. The grandmother's inability to reveal future information aligns with biblical limitations on prophetic knowledge. |
5 | Other | 5 | 8 | 18 | Moderate Evidence | 5 | Severe car accident with death reported, but no specific medical documentation mentioned | General otherworldly observations of heaven and deceased grandmother, but no specific verifiable earthly details | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4/13/2025 | 4 | 1 | Saw bright light | 0.00 | Mother | Highly Compatible | 8 | |||||||||
| 515 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 616 Corinne K NDE 2211 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1corinne_k_nde.html | 2004 | 2005 | F |
Corinne, a registered nurse with asthma, went to the emergency room the day after Christmas with a severe asthma attack. Despite numerous breathing treatments providing no relief, her doctor ordered intubation. As soon as the medical staff began inserting the breathing tube, she went into cardiac arrest. The staff coded her for twelve minutes before successfully resuscitating her. During the cardiac arrest, Corinne experienced herself lying in what felt like a hammock filled with cotton - an indescribably comfortable sensation. She felt as though someone or something had their arms wrapped around her, providing the most warm and loving feeling she had ever experienced. Above her was a brilliant white light, bright like the sun but without hurting her eyes, emanating warmth. The experience was characterized by overwhelming peace and safety. She reported feeling the safest she had ever felt in her life, with all pain completely gone. She wasn't afraid and felt an incredible sense of being loved and protected. The warm, brilliant light above her was clearly of otherworldly origin. After being resuscitated from the twelve-minute code, Corinne was in a coma for three weeks. When she awakened, she immediately told her family about her experience. The encounter left her with less patience for trivial matters and a heightened awareness of time's preciousness, feeling as though she has an internal stopwatch ticking. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: The brilliant white light that didn't hurt her eyes aligns with biblical descriptions of divine light. The overwhelming sense of peace, love, and safety reflects biblical promises of God's perfect peace. The complete absence of pain and fear matches biblical descriptions of the afterlife where suffering ceases. The feeling of being held by a loving presence could represent divine or angelic comfort. Unbiblical elements: None identified. The experience contains no reincarnation themes, new age concepts, or contradictions to scripture. The account focuses on divine light and peace without any problematic theological claims. |
1 | Hospital | 10 | 6 | 22 | Moderate Evidence | 6 | Clear cardiac arrest with medical monitoring in ER, coded for 12 minutes with medical staff present | General otherworldly observations of light and peaceful sensations, no specific verifiable earthly details | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4/13/2025 | 2 | 1 | Hammock sensation with embrace | 0.00 | ER staff | Highly Compatible | 5 | |||||||||
| 516 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 574 Craig T NDE 2139 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1craig_t_nde.html | 1983 | 2005 | 1 | M |
At age one and a half, Craig became severely ill and experienced a life-threatening medical crisis. On the way to the doctor, he went into seizures that triggered cardiac arrest, with both occurring five times in total. He was flat-lined for a period during transportation between hospitals, experiencing clinical death. Despite having no religious background beyond baptism, Craig returned from the experience talking about heaven. He told his grandfather that he would be warm there, even though he didn't know what heaven was at his young age. He began drawing pictures that he identified as Jesus and deceased relatives he had never met in life. The remarkable aspect of this case is Craig's age and lack of prior religious education. At only eighteen months old, he had no conceptual framework for heaven or religious figures, yet he returned with clear impressions of both. His ability to identify deceased relatives he had never met suggests access to information beyond normal means. The experience had lasting effects on Craig's religious orientation, making him somewhat more religious despite his previously secular upbringing. The family was intrigued and amazed by his descriptions, particularly given his young age and lack of prior knowledge about the concepts he described. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: The experience of heaven aligns with biblical accounts. Meeting Jesus and deceased relatives reflects biblical promises of reunion in the afterlife. The description of warmth in heaven corresponds to biblical imagery of God's comforting presence. The child's innocent perception of spiritual realities echoes Jesus's teaching about childlike faith. The identification of Jesus without prior knowledge suggests genuine spiritual encounter. Unbiblical elements: None identified. The account contains no reincarnation, new age concepts, or theological contradictions. The simplicity of the child's experience focuses on core biblical themes of heaven, Jesus, and reunion with loved ones. |
1 | Hospital | 10 | 12 | 28 | Strong Evidence | 6 | Multiple cardiac arrests with flat-line during hospital transport, clear clinical death | Child identified deceased relatives never met and Jesus without prior religious knowledge | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4/13/2025 | 3 | 1 | Knew about heaven without prior knowledge | 1.00 | Parents and family | Highly Compatible | 7 | ||||||||
| 517 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 736 Christine S NDE 2424 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1christine_s_nde.html | 2005 | 2005 | F |
Christine fell asleep while driving at approximately 7:00 AM, causing her car to leave the road. When she attempted to correct, she over-corrected and hit a tree, being thrown twenty feet from the vehicle. Her injuries were severe and life-threatening: five fractured vertebrae in her back, one fractured vertebra in her neck, broken right femur, broken left tibia/fibula with smashed ankle, two broken scapulas, nine broken ribs, and most critically, a torn-open right shoulder bleeding profusely. She lost pulse and blood pressure due to massive blood loss. During her near-death state, Christine saw her father who had passed away in June 2002. He appeared above her, looking down with a bright light surrounding and emanating from him - he was glowing. He spoke directly to her, saying "Not now little one, we need you here." She felt incredibly safe and deeply loved in his presence. The experience was characterized by crystal-clear vision despite her critical state, with everything appearing very bright and perfect. She felt profound emotions of love, peace, and safety. After the experience, she recalls thinking she was being abducted by aliens, which was actually the helicopter transport to the hospital. Upon awakening in the hospital, her first words to her brothers were "I saw dad." The experience eliminated her fear of death, giving her certainty that the soul continues to a beautiful place. She also experienced an OBE at age fourteen, showing a pattern of extraordinary experiences. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: Meeting her deceased father in a bright divine light aligns with biblical accounts of the afterlife and reunion with loved ones. The brilliant light surrounding her father reflects biblical descriptions of glorified beings in heaven. His message that it wasn't her time echoes biblical concepts of appointed times. The overwhelming feelings of love, peace, and safety reflect God's perfect love. The elimination of death fear aligns with biblical victory over death. Unbiblical elements: None identified. The account contains no reincarnation, new age concepts, or contradictions to scripture. The focus remains on familial love and divine light without problematic theological claims. |
5 | Other | 5 | 8 | 19 | Moderate Evidence | 6 | Severe trauma with blood loss causing loss of pulse/BP, life-threatening injuries documented | Saw deceased father with specific message, but no earthly details that could be verified | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4/13/2025 | 2 | 1 | Saw deceased father glowing | 0.00 | Brothers | Highly Compatible | 6 | |||||||||
| 518 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 541 Clark NDE 2110 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1clark_nde.html | 2005 | F |
Clark has experienced five flat-lines and approximately fifty respiratory arrests due to severe asthma, resulting in multiple near-death experiences. Each experience was distinct, with no revisiting of the same otherworldly locations. The medical crises involved both clinical death and life-threatening events requiring resuscitation. During these experiences, Clark was squeezed through a tight tube like toothpaste, an intensely physical sensation of transition. She encountered beings of light, including one figure who came toward her and told her to go back. She experienced light that glowed everywhere, creating an otherworldly luminescence. She entered multiple distinct mystical realms, each unique and clearly unearthly in nature. Clark experienced profound understanding of everything about the universe during these states. On one occasion, she had a complete life review with her past flashing before her uncontrollably. She also witnessed scenes from the world's future, experiencing them as if re-running reality. Her thoughts operated at incredible speed with everything seeming to happen simultaneously. She reported awareness of things happening elsewhere, with facts later checked and verified. The experiences brought incredible peace, joy, and relief. She felt united with the world and understood that contributions must be made. The encounters included heightened clarity of vision and the ability to hear unspoken words. Post-experience effects include precognitive episodes where future events become present reality at odd times. Her marriage failed following these profound experiences. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: The encounters with beings of light align with biblical accounts of angels and divine messengers. The experience of understanding everything reflects biblical promises of complete knowledge in the divine presence. The life review echoes biblical concepts of life accountability. The profound peace and joy reflect biblical descriptions of God's presence. Being told to return suggests divine purpose and timing. Unbiblical elements: The multiple distinct realms without clear heaven/hell distinction and visions of the world's future as predetermined events may raise theological questions. However, these don't directly contradict scripture but rather exist in theological gray areas. |
1 | Hospital | 10 | 15 | 31 | Strong Evidence | 6 | Multiple documented flat-lines and respiratory arrests, clear clinical deaths | Awareness of elsewhere events verified, future visions claimed to come true, specific otherworldly details | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4/13/2025 | 5 | 1 | Squeezed through tube | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 9 | |||||||||||
| 519 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 706 Daniel R NDE 2364 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1daniel_rs_nde.html | 1973 | 2005 | M |
Daniel was a fourth-year university student when he developed a severe illness with fever reaching 104 degrees. Despite medical intervention, his condition worsened dramatically - he lost weight from 171 to 77 pounds and became practically paralyzed, only able to move his eyes. The hospital prepared him for death and called a priest for last rites. During this critical state, Daniel had a remarkable veridical experience. While in his room, he clearly heard his father's conversation with a doctor approximately 65 feet away in the medical supply room. His father was crying and asking why this was happening to his son, saying he would prefer to die rather than his son. Daniel wanted to comfort his father but couldn't move or speak. When his father later came to his room with a smile, Daniel knew the entire conversation though his father was unaware he had heard it. As his condition deteriorated further, Daniel closed his eyes and was suddenly absorbed into a dark tunnel traveling upward at high velocity. He saw a brilliant light that grew brighter as he approached - like a thousand atomic bombs but not painful. He entered this light and felt transported to God's presence, experiencing infinite peace and warmth. A large angel with phosphorescent wings carried him through a paradise of living colors and a transparent river. He was shown a life review on a giant screen, seeing his faults from childhood, feeling remorse. When he asked to return to take care of things, he suddenly opened his eyes in his hospital bed. Remarkably, Daniel immediately felt his strength return. He pulled out his tubes and needles, stood up, and walked to the bathroom on his own - shocking the medical staff who called it miraculous. Within three days he was almost normal, and after seven days was discharged. The diagnosis was meningitis. His recovery was so dramatic that his doctor referred him for psychiatric evaluation when Daniel said he had spoken with God. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: Experience contains classic biblical NDE elements including separation from body, journey through darkness toward divine light, encounter with God's presence, angelic beings with wings, paradise realm with river (reminiscent of Revelation), and life review showing moral accountability. The immediate physical healing mirrors biblical accounts of divine healing. Unbiblical elements: The description of colors as "phosphorescent" and "living" suggests new age concepts. Daniel's statement that hell is created by one's own conscience rather than a real place contradicts biblical teaching. His later out-of-body experiences and meditation practices, plus belief in Buddha, Krishna, and Mohammed as equal to Christ, indicate syncretistic beliefs incompatible with biblical Christianity. |
4 | Hospital | 7 | 14 | 31 | Strong Evidence | 10 | Severe meningitis with extreme symptoms, prepared for death with last rites | Heard specific conversation 65 feet away while paralyzed, father unknowingly confirmed content | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | Practically paralyzed, could only move eyes | 4/13/2025 | 1 | 1 | Heard father's conversation with doctor from 65 feet away | 1.00 | Father | Mixed Compatibility | 9 | ||||||||
| 520 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 650 David F NDE 2273 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1david_f_nde.html | 1955 | 2005 | 9 | M |
David was nine years old and playing superman when he thought he could fly and jumped off a roof. He was unconscious for an unknown period - possibly minutes to half an hour. During this time, he had a profound near-death experience that would remain vivid for decades. While unconscious, David felt himself being drawn upward through darkness toward a bright light. He had no sense of his physical body, only awareness of his mind. For what seemed like a long time, he had mental communication with an unseen presence who told him it wasn't his time. David wondered if he would see his family again and if he would return to this place, but received no answer to those questions. The presence gave David two specific prophetic messages: "Your son will save you" and that his son would be a great leader. The first prophecy was fulfilled in January 2004 when his son did indeed save him, though the second about leadership had not yet occurred at the time of his report. Throughout the experience, David felt an overwhelming sense of peace and love that he describes as the most wonderful feeling. David kept this experience secret for 25 years, not even telling his wife until after reading Dr. Raymond Moody's book "Life After Life." When he finally shared it in 2004, it was because the first prophecy had been fulfilled. The experience left him without fear of death and with absolute certainty about life after death, though he expresses some uncertainty about whether he will return to that same peaceful place. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: The experience includes separation from body consistent with Paul's description in 2 Corinthians 12, being drawn toward divine light, communication with a higher presence, receiving prophetic knowledge (one prophecy verified as fulfilled), overwhelming peace and love consistent with God's presence, and being told his time had not come, similar to biblical accounts of those raised from death. Unbiblical elements: None identified. The experience contains no reincarnation references, new age concepts, or contradictions to scripture. The prophetic element about his son saving him was verified, lending credibility to the divine nature of the communication. |
5 | Home | 5 | 8 | 17 | Moderate Evidence | 4 | Traumatic injury from fall, unconscious for unknown duration | Received verifiable prophecy about son saving him (fulfilled 2004), specific prophetic knowledge | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4/14/2025 | 0 | 0 | Highly Compatible | 6 | |||||||||||
| 521 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 655 David M NDE 2277 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1david_m_nde.html | 1985 | 1985-06-25 | 2005 | 0 | M |
David experienced fetal distress during his birth on June 25, 1985, requiring emergency forceps delivery. During this traumatic birth, he had a near-death experience that he has remembered throughout his life with remarkable clarity, describing it as feeling like it happened yesterday. During the experience, David was drawn toward a brilliant, all-encompassing light. He existed purely as consciousness without awareness of having a body, feeling completely ungrounded and free. Upon reaching the core of the light, he was communicated with by a presence that told him it was time to leave and return. The communication was not through normal hearing but direct knowing, with a deep male voice quality to the presence. The moment of return was particularly vivid - David describes it as being "whooshed back" like a vacuum cleaner set in reverse. His consciousness peaked during this return journey. Throughout the experience, he felt incredible peace, joy, and unity with everything, understanding everything about the universe in that moment. The experience gave him an enhanced appreciation for nature and night skies that seemed closely connected to his NDE. David first told his mother about the experience when he was twelve, after hearing about other NDEs. His mother immediately connected it to the complications during his birth. While some family members showed little interest, others have been fascinated. Remarkably, several people throughout his life have spontaneously asked if he'd had such an experience, saying they could tell he was "one of those people," including one person who identified this quality just from a phone conversation. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: The experience of being drawn to divine light aligns with biblical descriptions of God as light (1 John 1:5). The existence as pure consciousness parallels Paul's uncertainty whether in or out of body (2 Corinthians 12:2-3). The deep communication from a divine presence, incredible peace and joy, and unity with divine wisdom reflect biblical encounters with God. The lasting spiritual sensitivity mirrors biblical transformation after divine encounters. Unbiblical elements: None identified. The account contains no problematic elements such as reincarnation, new age concepts, or contradictions to scripture. The experience remains focused on the divine encounter without syncretistic additions. |
5 | Hospital | 5 | 2 | 7 | Weak Evidence | 0 | Fetal distress during birth requiring emergency forceps delivery | No specific veridical observations, only subjective experience | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4/14/2025 | 0 | 0 | Highly Compatible | 8 | ||||||||||
| 522 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 642 David S NDE 2246 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1david_s_nde.html | 1958 | 2005 | 5 | M |
David was five or six years old when his uncle took him swimming with several high school friends. Unable to swim, David played by the edge while the older boys swam. Attempting to cross to a rock ledge on the other side, he tried to inch across a narrow part of the stream about fifteen feet above the pool area. Growing confident with each step, he took a giant step and went under. Immediately upon going underwater, David was separated from his body by about fifteen feet. He had a clear out-of-body experience with remarkable veridical perceptions. From outside his body, he could see himself struggling underwater through the muddy creek water with perfect clarity. He could see the outline of the creek where he went under and even below into the blackness. Most remarkably, while drowning underwater, he clearly heard one of the boys tell his uncle "your nephew is drowning." Throughout the experience, David felt no fear whatsoever while watching himself drown - it was peaceful and calm, as if watching someone else on a big screen TV. He had no sensation of his physical body at all. The moment his uncle pulled him from the water, he was instantly back in his body, coughing, screaming, and terrified. He was never unconscious during the event. David didn't understand what had happened until ten years later when he read a book on out-of-body experiences. He has since verified the incident multiple times with his uncle and revisited the location in 2004, finding it unchanged after 46 years. The experience convinced him of the existence of a soul that survives beyond the body and the possibility of reincarnation. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: Clear out-of-body experience with consciousness existing apart from the physical body aligns with biblical understanding of spirit/body distinction (2 Corinthians 5:8). The peaceful observation of his own dying body reflects the peace that comes with spiritual separation from physical death. The immediate return to body when rescued parallels biblical accounts of spirits returning to bodies. Unbiblical elements: David's conclusion about reincarnation contradicts biblical teaching of appointed once to die then judgment (Hebrews 9:27). While the experience itself is compatible with biblical accounts, his interpretation embracing reincarnation represents a departure from Christian orthodoxy. |
5 | Other | 5 | 12 | 24 | Moderate Evidence | 7 | Near-drowning incident, life-threatening submersion | Clear OBE with specific observations - saw self drowning from 15 feet away, heard conversation while underwater | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | Underwater | 4/14/2025 | 2 | 1 | Saw himself drowning from outside his body | 0.00 | Uncle | Moderately Compatible | 5 | |||||||
| 523 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 726 Cristal S NDE 21051 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1cristal_s_nde.html | 1991 | 2005 | F |
Cristal was sleeping at her grandmother's house when she awoke struggling to breathe from an asthma attack. As someone with lifelong asthma, attacks weren't unusual, especially at her grandmother's house due to the cat. However, this attack was different - she tried to sit up and ask for her inhaler but couldn't move or speak. Realizing she was dying, her last thought was not wanting her grandmother to wake up and find her dead beside her. Her spirit then left her body, and she observed herself lying lifelessly next to her grandmother. She could see the entire room and specifically noticed the clock showing 4:37am. She ascended through the ceiling to the outside, where she could see the entire neighborhood, noting which lights were on in neighbors' houses and the night sky above. She then began moving rapidly toward the sky, with stars passing quickly by her, accelerating as she went higher. She encountered a brilliant light unlike anything on Earth - the brightest, softest, whitest, most peaceful light imaginable that would be blinding here but wasn't there. Moving through this light, she encountered a presence she believed to be God. She felt overwhelming peace and never wanted to leave. A conversation ensued where she asked why she had to return and why she couldn't stay. Though she doesn't remember the specific answer, she was told she had to go back. The return journey was even faster than the ascent. She re-entered her body and sat up, very short of breath but aware of everything that had happened. She wanted to wake her grandmother but thought she'd think it was just a dream. She found her inhaler and noted it was about 5:00am. She kept the experience secret for years, only telling select people, though several people have spontaneously asked if she'd had such an experience, saying they could tell she was "one of those people." --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: Clear out-of-body experience with spirit/body separation aligns with biblical anthropology. Ascending through heavenly realms parallels Paul's experience in 2 Corinthians 12. The brilliant divine light matches descriptions of God's glory. The overwhelming peace in God's presence and desire to remain reflects biblical descriptions of divine encounter. Being sent back for a purpose echoes biblical callings. Unbiblical elements: None identified. The experience maintains focus on encounter with God without syncretistic elements, reincarnation, or new age concepts. Her Christian faith context (Baptist) provides orthodox interpretation of the experience. |
5 | Home | 3 | 8 | 11 | Suggestive Evidence | 0 | Severe asthma attack, unable to move or call for help | Specific time observation (4:37am), detailed view of neighborhood and which houses had lights on | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4/14/2025 | 2 | 0 | Saw clock showing specific time | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 7 | ||||||||||
| 524 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 716 Cynthia W NDE 2398 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1cynthia_w_nde.html | 2002 | 2002-09-29 | 2005 | F |
Cynthia experienced a ruptured tubal (ectopic) pregnancy requiring emergency surgery on September 29, 2002. In the emergency room, she heard a nurse express reluctance to take a "crashing patient" to surgery alone. She watched her blood pressure dropping on the monitor before losing consciousness, coming to again in the surgery room. Before surgery, Cynthia was terrified and crying, telling the doctor she was afraid she wouldn't wake up. The doctor acknowledged her critical condition, saying "You are very, very sick and need to go to sleep so I can help you." After losing significant blood during the procedure, she had her near-death experience. During the NDE, Cynthia felt as if she was lying down but with nothing beneath her, surrounded by darkness but feeling no fear. She experienced complete peace with no worldly pains, either emotional or physical. To the right side of her legs, she sensed a doorway with a male presence just beyond it. Though she didn't see him, she clearly felt and heard him - not through her ears but through direct knowing. The deep male voice told her she had a choice to stay or go. Suddenly feeling urgency, she declared "No! Robert needs me!" and immediately felt herself jerk back into her body. When Cynthia regained consciousness, a nurse approached her asking who Robert was (her boyfriend). The nurse explained that the medical team had been very concerned because Cynthia was critically ill when suddenly she yelled at the top of her lungs "No Robert needs me!" which startled them. Her recovery was remarkably rapid, with her doctor amazed at how quickly she healed. The experience left her with spontaneous knowledge, such as correctly knowing angels are neither male nor female without prior study. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: The experience of being given a choice reflects biblical free will. The male presence with a deep voice could represent an angel or divine messenger. The profound peace transcending worldly concerns aligns with biblical descriptions of divine peace. The rapid miraculous healing following the experience parallels biblical accounts of divine healing. Her spontaneous knowledge about angels' nature aligns with biblical theology. Unbiblical elements: None identified. The experience contains no reincarnation, new age concepts, or contradictions to scripture. Her maintained Christian faith and the biblically accurate spontaneous knowledge about angels suggests divine origin. |
5 | Hospital | 7 | 14 | 31 | Strong Evidence | 10 | Ruptured ectopic pregnancy, crashed in ER, critical condition requiring emergency surgery | Yelled specific words during surgery that medical staff heard and confirmed, decision point verified | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 4/14/2025 | 1 | 1 | Yelled out loud during surgery while unconscious | 1.00 | Nurse and doctors | Highly Compatible | 7 | ||||||||
| 525 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 707 Donni H NDE 2385 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1donni_h_nde.html | 2004 | 2004-12-27 | 2005 | M |
On December 27, 2004, Donni H was brought to the emergency room by ambulance experiencing severe chest pain, vomiting, and numbness in his right arm. While sitting on the gurney speaking with the doctor and his wife, the room began to spin and collapse into a funnel shape. He fell off the gurney as his heart stopped, and the doctor caught him, began CPR, and called a Code Red. His wife observed the monitors showing flat-line for an extended period while staff responded to the code. During his clinical death, Donni found himself in a field of dandelions in full bloom with the Grand Tetons mountain range in the background. He walked through the field with crystal-clear vision and no pain, though he experienced some tunnel vision. He noted this was a strange view as he had visited the Tetons many times and knew no such field existed near them. The experience was characterized by complete harmony, absence of pain, and heightened visual clarity. When the medical team used the defibrillator, his beautiful vision stretched out of shape like a rubber band until he returned to consciousness surrounded by medical staff. Veridical Observations: Donni observed a specific landscape that does not exist in reality - a field of dandelions with the Grand Tetons, which he knew from experience was geographically impossible. While not verifiable in the physical world, this represents knowledge of what should not exist based on his familiarity with the area. Aftermath: Upon revival, multiple staff members including the doctor confirmed he had been clinically dead. The doctor specifically asked if he saw "the white light" and stated Donni had been "to the other side." Donni experienced lasting changes in his worldview and lost his belief in traditional religious concepts, feeling that his experience contradicted conventional religious teachings. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: The experience included an otherworldly realm of beauty and peace, heightened consciousness, and a return to the body, which aligns with some biblical accounts of spiritual experiences. The complete absence of pain and perfect peace mirrors biblical descriptions of paradise. Unbiblical elements: Donni explicitly stated that his experience led him to reject God and traditional Christianity, believing "the God thing and religion doesn't work." This rejection of faith and denial of God's existence directly contradicts biblical teaching about the nature of spiritual experiences leading to faith. |
1 | Hospital | 10 | 8 | 28 | Strong Evidence | 10 | Cardiac arrest explicitly stated with Code Red called in emergency room, monitors showing flat-line | Unique observation of impossible geography (dandelion field with Grand Tetons), heightened visual perception, tunnel vision effect | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4/14/2025 | 2 | 2 | Saw field of dandelions with Grand Tetons | 0.00 | Emergency room doctor | Incompatible | 5 | ||||||||
| 526 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 703 Dove NDE 2381 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1dove_nde.html | 1974 | 2005 | F |
In August 1974, Dove was training a horse when she took a fall while jumping a creek. She fell unconscious and only remembers falling but not landing. She woke in darkness and saw approximately fifteen feet away a circle of beautiful, glorious light with seven figures she could not clearly make out. The beings seemed to know her and communicated telepathically without words, only speaking to each other about her situation. The central figure made the final decision that Dove was to go back and not enter the light. Despite consciously wanting to go into the light and begging with her mind to be taken, she was sent back involuntarily. The return was extremely painful, described as "lightning bolt crashes of painful light" that came in waves as she fought against returning. She experienced an out-of-body perspective, seeing trees down the lane from a bird's-eye view before quickly returning to where her body lay. Upon return, people were performing CPR on her chest and mouth-to-mouth resuscitation while a woman screamed to call an ambulance. Veridical Observations: Dove observed the resuscitation efforts being performed on her body from an outside perspective. She had a bird's-eye view of the surrounding area including trees down the lane. She heard telepathic communication between seven beings discussing whether she should stay or return. Aftermath: When Dove tried to share her experience immediately after revival, the country folk at the scene dismissed it saying "Lay down kid, you saw us!" Her parents later laughed at her and warned her not to tell people or they would think she was "nuts." The experience gave her lasting knowledge about death and the afterlife. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: The experience included separation from the body, encountering spiritual beings in a realm of light, telepathic communication, being sent back with a message that it wasn't her time, and having "something else to do" - possibly related to a future war. These elements align with biblical accounts of spiritual encounters and divine timing. Unbiblical elements: None specifically identified. The seven beings around the circle of light could represent angels or divine messengers consistent with biblical numerology and descriptions. |
5 | Other | 5 | 12 | 24 | Moderate Evidence | 7 | Severe trauma from riding accident with loss of consciousness, required CPR | Multiple specific details: seven beings in circle of light, telepathic communication, bird's-eye view of area, painful return with lightning sensations | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4/14/2025 | 3 | 1 | Circle of light with seven beings | 0.00 | People at riding accident scene | Highly Compatible | 8 | |||||||||
| 527 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 618 Elaine G NDE 2201 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1elaine_g_nde.html | 1974 | 2005 | 4 | F |
At age four in Glasgow, Scotland during summer 1974, Elaine G was playing outside after a dock rat infestation had been cleared by the army. An older boy threw a large live rat at her face, causing the rat to bite her, and her heart stopped. Her mother, a registered nurse on the 11th floor, ran down to revive her. Elaine was clinically dead for approximately 3-4 minutes based on how long it took her mother to reach her and perform resuscitation. During her clinical death, Elaine felt weightless and calm, finding herself in a bright, sunlit green meadow that was still and quiet. She felt no threat, only profound peace and ease unlike anything experienced before or since. She encountered human figures including a woman she sensed was a deceased relative, though she couldn't identify who. The beings told her it was not her time and she had to go back. Despite not wanting to return, she had no choice. When she returned to her body, panic and pain immediately set in. Veridical Observations: From her out-of-body state, Elaine encountered beings she believed were deceased relatives. Years later, when shown a photo of her paternal grandmother who died in childbirth, she recognized her as the woman who held her hand in the meadow - despite never having seen her picture before this confirmation. Aftermath: The experience left Elaine with permanent calm about death and the ability to comfort others fearing death. She experienced a complete shift in religious beliefs, converting from Protestant Christianity to paganism, feeling that biblical descriptions didn't match her experience. At age twenty-six during childbirth, she had another near-death episode where she believes her deceased grandmother warned her never to carry another child or it would kill her. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: The experience included leaving the body, entering a paradise-like realm (green meadow with perfect peace), encountering deceased relatives who served as guides, receiving a message about divine timing ("not your time"), and experiencing supernatural peace and joy that surpasses earthly understanding. Unbiblical elements: The experience led to rejection of Christianity in favor of pagan nature worship. Elaine explicitly states that "what was described in the Bible didn't come close" to her experience, leading her to abandon her Protestant upbringing for paganism. |
2 | Other | 10 | 15 | 35 | Exceptional Evidence | 10 | Cardiac arrest (heart stopped) from traumatic rat bite, mother who was a nurse performed resuscitation | Specific details of meadow environment, verified encounter with grandmother never seen before, weightless sensation, profound peace | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4/14/2025 | 2 | 1 | Green meadow environment | 0.00 | Mother (registered nurse) | Low Compatibility | 8 | ||||||||
| 528 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 573 Debi M NDE 2138 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1debi_m_nde.html | 1991 | 1991-12-14 | 2005 | F |
On December 14, 1991, Debi M was cycling home from work when hit by a car, falling and landing on the back of her head. She was unconscious when paramedics arrived and only vaguely remembers reaching the hospital in Warwick. She experienced severe pressure and pain in her head from the concussion and was admitted to a ward. The next morning, the pressure had built considerably and she begged nurses for relief, thinking she would rather die than endure the constant pain. After losing consciousness from the head injury, Debi experienced herself floating at distance and height from her hospital bed. From this elevated perspective, she could see somebody in the bed (herself) with doctors looking at her with concerned expressions. She floated there observing the doctors examining her body before everything went dark again. When she regained consciousness, the pain persisted. She was hospitalized for 4-5 nights and discovered she had lost her sense of smell and taste from the accident. Veridical Observations: From an out-of-body position floating above, Debi observed doctors examining her body in the bed, noting their concerned expressions. Aftermath: Debi was initially too dazed to realize what had happened. Only years later did she understand she may have been clinically dead. The experience left her feeling different about herself and less confident about certain things. She takes each day as it comes, somewhat unnerved by the realization of her possible clinical death. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: The experience included an out-of-body state where consciousness separated from the physical body, similar to Paul's account of being "caught up to the third heaven" whether in body or out of body. The observation of medical personnel from above reflects a spiritual perspective transcending physical limitations. Unbiblical elements: None identified. The experience was brief and focused solely on out-of-body observation without encountering spiritual beings or realms. |
5 | Hospital | 5 | 6 | 13 | Suggestive Evidence | 2 | Severe head trauma from accident with loss of consciousness, hospitalized multiple days | Single observation of doctors from floating perspective, saw concerned expressions | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4/14/2025 | 1 | 0 | Floating view of doctors examining her body | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 4 | |||||||||
| 529 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 620 Debora E NDE 2223 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1debora_e_nde.html | 1969 | 2005 | F |
In October 1969, Debora E's heart stopped from anesthesia during surgery. She floated to the ceiling and observed her body on the operating table while doctors expressed alarm, saying they were losing her. She was accompanied by kind beings she believed were angels who told her not to worry. She heard a whooshing sound and was propelled through a dark tunnel toward a light, surrounded by singing angels. At the tunnel's end, she was bathed in bright, warm, serene light and felt safe and loved. A beautiful woman who seemed to know and love her held out her hand. Debora heard a conversation between the angels and a voice from the light stating it wasn't her time because she hadn't had her children yet. Despite wanting to stay, she was sent back. The woman promised she would return someday and see her then. Years later, when shown a photo of her paternal grandmother who died giving birth to her father, Debora recognized her as the woman from her NDE - having never seen her picture before. Veridical Observations: Debora observed doctors saying they were losing her during surgery. Most remarkably, she met and was guided by her paternal grandmother who died in childbirth - later verified through photo identification despite never having seen her picture previously. She received accurate information about her future motherhood. Aftermath: The experience gave Debora certain knowledge of life after death and the experience of unconditional love. As a severely abused child, this was transformative, teaching her to love with all her heart despite her traumatic background. She demonstrated high ESP abilities in later testing, scoring highest among 240 students tested. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: The experience included separation from body, angelic beings providing comfort, a tunnel leading to divine light, encountering deceased relatives in paradise, hearing God's voice about divine timing and purpose, experiencing perfect love and peace, and returning with a mission to fulfill (having children). The singing angels and bright divine light strongly align with biblical imagery. Unbiblical elements: The claim of developing ESP/psychic abilities after the experience could be considered problematic from a biblical perspective, as such abilities are often associated with occult practices warned against in scripture. |
3 | Hospital | 7 | 18 | 35 | Exceptional Evidence | 10 | Heart stopped during surgery under general anesthesia, doctors stated they were losing her | Heard doctors' alarm, met grandmother never seen before (photo verified), tunnel with singing angels, divine light, prophecy about children | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 4/14/2025 | 2 | 1 | Heard doctors expressing alarm | 1.00 | Mother | Moderately Compatible | 9 | |||||||||
| 530 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 546 Derric B NDE 2103 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1derric_b_nde.html | 1981 | 2005 | M |
During summer 1981, Derric B was at a church swimming party when another child tossed him off a raft as a prank. Unable to swim, Derric panicked and went under, screaming for help underwater and breathing in water until darkness came. From a floating perspective, he observed a boy face down in the pool with no movement or life, not initially realizing he was looking at himself. After everything went black, Derric remained aware as light slowly engulfed everything. He felt indescribable warmth, love, and peace. A voice told him it wasn't his time and he must go back. He awoke leaning over a rocking chair vomiting water, wanting to return to where he had been. After passing out, he woke in the hospital on life support with his father by his side. He saw a man at the foot of his bed whom others couldn't see, who remained until he left the hospital. A Boy Scout aged 10-12 performed life-saving CPR and chest compressions. The drowning was published in the Daily Oklahoman, and both families were invited to the state capitol where the governor awarded the Boy Scout and gave Derric free swimming lessons. The Boy Scout later joined the Oklahoma City Fire Department. Derric eventually learned to swim at age 28 from Navy SEALs instructors. Veridical Observations: Derric observed his own body floating face down in the pool from an out-of-body perspective. He saw an invisible man at the foot of his hospital bed who stayed until discharge, whom others could not see. Aftermath: Since the accident, Derric feels he sees life differently from others and has been searching for something undefined. He can sometimes sense presences not of this world. Medical testing revealed his brain and neurological functioning was ten times more active than average. He believes the experience unlocked things in his mind and gave him unlimited knowledge and questions about existence beyond conventional boundaries. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: The experience at a church event included divine intervention through a voice declaring it wasn't his time, overwhelming divine love and peace, an invisible spiritual presence (possibly an angel) watching over him in the hospital, and a transformative encounter with divine light. The life-saving Boy Scout could represent God working through others. Unbiblical elements: Claims of sensing otherworldly presences could be interpreted as mediumistic abilities. However, this might also represent heightened spiritual awareness consistent with biblical accounts of those who have encountered the divine. |
5 | Other | 5 | 10 | 25 | Strong Evidence | 10 | Drowning with complete submersion, required CPR and life support, published in newspaper | Out-of-body observation of own drowning body, invisible man at hospital bed only he could see | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4/14/2025 | 2 | 1 | Saw own body floating in pool | 0.00 | Boy Scout (age 10-12) | Highly Compatible | 8 | |||||||||
| 531 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 633 Etienne V NDE 2243 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1etienne_v_nde.html | 2001 | 2001-12-31 | 2005 | M |
Etienne experienced cardiac arrest during surgery on December 31, 2001. His heart stopped during the operation, causing clinical death. During this time, he entered a tunnel and saw a clear, bright light that attracted him deeper into the passage. As he moved through the tunnel, he felt increasingly calm and relaxed, with all pain disappearing. The light continued drawing him forward until he heard a distinct voice call his name. Upon hearing his name being called, he retraced his path back through the tunnel and returned to life. The medical team confirmed he had experienced cardiac arrest during the surgery. He was clinically dead according to the doctors' assessment. The experience transformed his religious beliefs, strengthening his faith in God's existence. He described the tunnel experience as featuring a clear light unlike anything that exists on earth, accompanied by feelings of glorious warmth and relaxation. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: This experience contains several elements consistent with biblical accounts of the afterlife. The tunnel with bright light aligns with descriptions of divine light and the transition between earthly and heavenly realms. The voice calling his name reflects the personal nature of God's knowledge of individuals, reminiscent of biblical passages where God calls people by name. The feelings of peace and the mystical light of otherworldly origin are consistent with biblical descriptions of divine presence. Unbiblical elements: None identified. The experience lacks any problematic elements such as reincarnation, universal salvation, or new age concepts. No contradictions to scripture were present in the narrative. |
1 | Hospital | 10 | 4 | 18 | Moderate Evidence | 4 | Cardiac arrest during surgery explicitly documented with medical confirmation | Experience consisted of tunnel and light perception with voice heard, but no specific verifiable observations of earthly events | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 4/14/2025 | 2 | 1 | Saw clear light in tunnel | 0.00 | Medical team | Highly Compatible | 5 | ||||||||
| 532 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 640 Eve H NDE 20866 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1eve_h_nde.html | 2001 | 2001-05-25 | 2005 | F |
Eve was the passenger in a severe car accident on May 25, 2001, found in a nine-foot embankment. An older man discovered the vehicle and called emergency services. After hours of extraction work, paramedics initially wanted to pronounce her dead, but the witness refused to let them stop. She experienced internal organ failure and entered a coma-like state. During her unconscious period, she underwent a life review showing both positive and negative events from her past. She initially believed she was dying and experienced a hellish state of knowing she couldn't wake up. At one point, she had a veridical experience where she saw herself in the morgue, then awakened in her hospital room. When she described the morgue to her nurse, the nurse was frightened because Eve described it perfectly despite never having been there physically. She also had a vision of walking in a field with her young daughter and another child she didn't recognize. This was significant as doctors later said she would never be able to have children, yet she knew this second child represented a future miracle child. After the experience, she developed precognitive abilities, including sensing a week in advance that a child would die, which was confirmed when her husband's 10-year-old cousin died in a four-wheeler accident. She reports ongoing sensitivity to the spiritual realm, prophetic dreams, and ability to read people. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: The experience includes several biblically consistent elements: a life review showing moral accountability, out-of-body perception, encounters with spiritual realms, and lasting spiritual transformation. The development of spiritual sensitivity and the vision of future children could align with biblical concepts of prophecy and divine revelation. Unbiblical elements: The description of developing psychic abilities and "reading people" raises concerns from a biblical perspective, as these practices are often discouraged in scripture. The ongoing ability to receive signs through dreams and read people could be interpreted as divination-like practices. |
5 | Hospital | 5 | 14 | 29 | Strong Evidence | 10 | Severe trauma from car accident with internal organ failure and near-death status | Perfect description of morgue never physically visited, prophetic vision of future child, and precognitive knowledge of cousin's death verified later | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4/14/2025 | 2 | 1 | Saw hospital morgue while unconscious | 1.00 | Hospital nurse | Mixed Compatibility | 8 | ||||||||
| 533 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 700 Fena D NDE 2374 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1fena_d_nde.html | 2005 | 2005-10-03 | 2005 | F |
On October 3, 2005, Fena attempted suicide through an overdose of pills and alcohol after years of emotional pain. She called her sister to say goodbye without revealing her intentions, but passed out during the call. Her sister called 911 from Mississippi, eventually reaching local emergency services who found her unconscious after 40 minutes of searching. During her unconscious state, she experienced a swooshing sound like a parachute opening, followed by being pulled through a tunnel-like energy. She found herself in a pure white, cloud-like realm where she felt no pain, suffering, or hunger. In this space, she encountered a presence identifying itself as Jesus and her Father, though she saw no physical forms. She experienced an instantaneous life review that took a fraction of a second but contained everything. When asked how she thought she did in life, she laughingly replied "much like my school report - could have done better." She was given a choice to stay or return. Initially undecided, she was shown a vision of her family crying around her hospital bed, which prompted her decision to return, particularly being moved by her mother's tears. She also mentioned not having had her children yet. Upon awakening in the emergency room, she fought medical staff, begging to be allowed to stay "on the other side." Her first words to her friend Carroll were "There is life after death. There is another side, I was there." The experience left her with a strong sense of unfinished purpose and leadership responsibility, running a large social network for singles while paradoxically feeling deeply lonely. She believes she has approximately 25 more years to fulfill her divine purpose. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: The experience strongly aligns with Christian theology, including direct encounter with Jesus, recognition of God as Father, life review with moral assessment, choice between continuing earthly life or remaining in the spiritual realm, and profound spiritual transformation. The pure white realm, absence of suffering, and feeling of divine love are consistent with biblical heaven descriptions. Unbiblical elements: None identified. The experience maintains orthodox Christian elements throughout, with Jesus and God the Father as central figures, moral accountability, and purposeful return to complete earthly mission. |
5 | Hospital | 5 | 8 | 13 | Suggestive Evidence | 0 | Life-threatening overdose requiring emergency intervention and hospitalization | Heard identical words in spiritual and physical realms simultaneously, life review experience | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4/14/2025 | 1 | 0 | Heard same words in two realms simultaneously | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 9 | |||||||||
| 534 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 641 Frances W NDE 2245 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1frances_w_nde.html | 1989 | 1989-06-01 | 2005 | F |
In June 1989, Frances attended a party where someone spiked her drink with three hits of acid and excessive alcohol. The combination caused her heart to stop, leading to clinical death. She was tied to the hospital bed due to severe convulsions. Initially experiencing excruciating pain "like being stabbed with a white-hot sword," she then felt serene as the pain faded. She found herself above her body, observing her father crying at her bedside before entering a tunnel at incredible speed toward an intensifying light. Upon reaching the light, she experienced indescribable love and peace, communicating telepathically with a presence she recognized as God. She underwent a comprehensive life review where she could feel others' emotions and see how her actions affected them. She gained complete universal knowledge and entered a beautiful garden with surreal, otherworldly colors. God told her that her purpose on Earth wasn't finished and that she would have children. After being given a choice, she initially wanted to stay but chose to return after seeing a vision of her family crying around her hospital bed. She experienced the barrier between life and death, understanding she couldn't go further without permanent separation from earthly life. Upon return, doctors were amazed she survived. The experience profoundly transformed her faith, leaving her with absolute certainty about God's reality, Jesus Christ's divinity, and the primacy of love. She now lives deeply faithful, maintaining a relationship with God and belief in Jesus Christ's sacrifice. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: This experience perfectly aligns with biblical Christianity: direct encounter with God, comprehensive moral life review, beautiful heavenly garden reminiscent of Paradise, understanding of divine purpose, telepathic/spiritual communication with the divine, barrier between life and death, and profound faith transformation acknowledging Jesus Christ's redemptive sacrifice. Unbiblical elements: None identified. The experience maintains complete biblical orthodoxy, affirming God's existence, Jesus's divinity and sacrificial death, the reality of heaven, moral accountability, and divine purpose for human life. |
1 | Hospital | 10 | 10 | 27 | Strong Evidence | 7 | Heart stopped from drug/alcohol poisoning, severe convulsions requiring restraints, clinical death confirmed | Observed father crying at bedside while unconscious, comprehensive life review, saw future children | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | Tied to bed due to convulsions | 4/14/2025 | 3 | 1 | Saw father crying at bedside while above body | 0.00 | Medical team | Highly Compatible | 9 | |||||||
| 535 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 615 Ellen K NDE 2213/6178 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1ellen_k_nde.html | 1996 | 1996-06-01 | 2005 | F |
In June 1996 (also reported as 1994), Ellen experienced a ruptured ectopic pregnancy causing her fallopian tube to burst, leading to severe internal bleeding and toxic shock. After twenty minutes of excruciating pain, she began losing consciousness. She was rushed to hospital for emergency surgery and had to be resuscitated after falling into deep unconsciousness. During this time, she was aware of medical staff calling her name but was drawn into a golden vortex of warmth, comfort, and pure love. She entered the brightest white light where nothing existed except light and love. Though she saw no physical form, she communicated with a presence she identified as "the Father" - not her biological father but "the ultimate Father of all." After a period of rest and healing, she experienced a humorous life review where they agreed her performance was like her school reports: "could have done better." She was shown a vision of her family crying around her hospital bed, which motivated her return, particularly not wanting to upset her mother. She had been unconscious for two days. In her more detailed second account, she specifically mentions the presence identifying itself as Jesus and "my father." She watched her entire life in an instant, understanding everything about the universe. When shown the vision of her grieving family and realizing she hadn't had children yet, she chose to return. The experience transformed her from atheist to believer in God, though she remains skeptical of false mediums. She now follows Buddhist teachings for guidance while maintaining belief in the divine. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: Direct encounter with God the Father and Jesus, comprehensive life review with moral assessment, otherworldly realm of pure light and love, vision of future events, complete universal understanding during the experience, and transformation from atheism to belief in God all align with biblical accounts. Unbiblical elements: Post-NDE following of Buddhist teachings and Abraham-Hicks teachings suggests syncretistic spiritual beliefs rather than exclusive Christian faith. While the experience itself was biblically compatible, the resulting religious practice blends Christianity with non-Christian spiritual systems. |
1 | Hospital | 10 | 8 | 22 | Moderate Evidence | 4 | Ruptured fallopian tube, toxic shock, resuscitation required, unconscious for two days | Saw family around hospital bed before awakening, comprehensive life review, prophetic knowledge of future motherhood | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 4/14/2025 | 2 | 0 | Saw family crying around hospital bed | 0.00 | Mixed Compatibility | 9 | |||||||||
| 536 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 660 Elsa NDE 2290 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1elsa_nde.html | 1959 | 1959-01-01 | 2005 | 8 | F |
In summer 1959, eight-year-old Elsa was drowning in a swimming pool while the lifeguard, distracted in conversation, failed to notice her distress. After inhaling water, she was lifted above the pool and drawn through a tunnel reminiscent of Alice in Wonderland. She experienced a terrifying dark place with crawling things and moaning sounds, prompting her to call out "Help me God." She then encountered deceased individuals who knew her name, including her grandfather shown holding her as an infant. Most significantly, she met whom she believes was Jesus, who showed her life review focusing on her misbehavior toward her mother. Each time she tried to defend herself, she saw events through His eyes and asked forgiveness. Jesus explained how some people didn't believe in Him, showing her prayers as beams of light from Earth. He revealed the entire universe's workings to her in simple, comprehensible terms. He then showed her two future sons - one who would initially not believe in God and hurt Him, but would later become a wonderful speaker in an auditorium with an captivated audience, redeeming himself. The other son would be "fine and upstanding." When she wanted to stay, Jesus showed her mother crying, explaining her departure would break her mother's heart. Motivated by not wanting to hurt her mother and excited about her future children, she agreed to return. She caught the pool's edge and was rescued by the embarrassed lifeguard. The experience was forgotten until 1973 when hearing about NDEs triggered complete recall. Following the experience, she noticed enhanced beauty in nature, found favor with previously indifferent peers, and developed deep engagement with Bible school teachings. She felt accompanied by an teaching presence for weeks afterward, developing appreciation for nature. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: Direct encounter with Jesus Christ, comprehensive moral life review with repentance and forgiveness, prayers visualized as light ascending to heaven, prophetic revelation of future children including one who would become a speaker (possibly minister), transformation to born-again Christian faith, heaven and hell realms experienced, and lasting spiritual transformation. Unbiblical elements: None identified. The experience maintains complete biblical orthodoxy with Jesus as divine teacher and judge, emphasis on repentance and forgiveness, concern for salvation of non-believers, and ultimate conversion to conservative Christian faith. |
5 | Other | 5 | 12 | 17 | Moderate Evidence | 0 | Near-drowning in pool, loss of consciousness after water inhalation | Shown grandfather holding her as infant (deceased before her memory), detailed prophecy about future sons' spiritual journeys, universe explanation | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4/14/2025 | 3 | 0 | Shown grandfather holding her as infant | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 9 | ||||||||
| 537 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 684 Georgia S NDE 2325 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1georgia_s_nde.html | 1990 | 2005 | F |
Georgia S had taken an antibiotic for a sinus infection that wouldn't go away after two weeks. Despite telling the doctor she usually avoided antibiotics due to digestive issues, she was assured this particular one wouldn't cause problems. After four days on the medication, she woke in the middle of the night with fever, terrible stomach pains, blood in stool, and severe headache. She was shaking badly and in significant pain when she lay on the living room couch trying to sleep. As soon as she closed her eyes, Georgia left her body and found herself in a bright white mist where she felt very calm and no longer sick. From the mist stepped her church pastor who had previously passed away. She was happy to see him, but he appeared worried and scared, waving his arms trying to communicate something urgent. Though his mouth moved, she had difficulty understanding his words. When she expressed how happy she was to see him and how much she had missed him since he passed away, he nodded furiously. She then realized "You're dead and I'm here. I must be sicker than I thought!" He nodded again, and at that moment she slammed back into her body so hard she fell off the couch, too weak to stand, having to crawl to grab her husband's ankle and whisper "Hospital." At the hospital, her temperature was 104°F and she was diagnosed with pseudo-membranous colitis with hemorrhaging and clostridia. The antibiotic had destroyed all beneficial bacteria in her bowel, causing an overgrowth of clostridia. Her intestines were becoming gangrenous - a life-threatening condition that left her very sick and weak for a long time. She credits her doctor with pulling her through this serious medical crisis. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: The experience contains several elements consistent with biblical accounts of the afterlife including an out-of-body experience where consciousness separated from the physical form, entering an otherworldly realm characterized by bright white light reminiscent of biblical descriptions of divine presence, and encountering a deceased person (her pastor) who served as a spiritual messenger. The pastor's urgent warning to return aligns with instances in scripture where individuals are sent back from death experiences. Unbiblical elements: None identified. The experience lacks any elements contradicting biblical theology such as reincarnation, universal salvation regardless of faith, or New Age concepts. The deceased pastor acted only as a warner rather than claiming divine authority or offering spiritual teachings contrary to scripture. The bright mist could represent an antechamber to the afterlife rather than heaven itself. |
5 | Hospital | 5 | 10 | 15 | Moderate Evidence | 0 | Life-threatening pseudo-membranous colitis with hemorrhaging, gangrenous intestines, temperature 104°F | Encountered specific deceased pastor with meaningful communication warning of serious illness | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4/14/2025 | 1 | 0 | Saw deceased pastor in otherworldly realm | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 6 | ||||||||||
| 538 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 570 Gina CH NDE 2134 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1gina_ch_nde.html | 2003 | 2003-06-20 | 2005 | F |
Gina CH experienced clinical death from sepsis on June 20, 2003. She was unaware of the severity of her condition, being full of sepsis when she lost consciousness. The paramedics reported losing her vital signs, stating "we lost her" as they worked to resuscitate her. Her experience was predominantly frightening and dark, contrasting with many typical NDE accounts. During her clinical death, Gina found herself in complete darkness that was cold and terrifying. She described it as the worst possible feeling one could imagine - being frozen in her body, unable to see or talk, though she could hear her children screaming and crying. She heard the paramedics announce they had lost her. She then began moving through a tunnel of darkness that was very cold and uninviting, filled with what she described as a feeling of evil. She felt herself trying to physically grab others to take with her, though she couldn't move. In this dark place, she began praying intensely, begging and pleading with God for another chance to prove herself, bargaining for her life. She specifically begged not to die in front of her young children and pleaded for God's mercy. When the paramedics successfully brought her back, she was numb, terrified, yet relieved. The experience left her with lasting trauma - she continues to dream about it and has difficulty coping with what happened. She noted that despite always considering herself a good person and a Christian, the experience made her feel she needed to prove herself more. Since the experience, she tries harder to be more spiritual and prays more often, attempting to live life as she's supposed to, though she remains terrified of it happening again. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: The experience includes consciousness surviving bodily death, awareness during clinical death, entering a tunnel/passageway to another realm, intense prayer and communication with God, bargaining for life, and lasting spiritual transformation. The fear and darkness could represent judgment or a warning experience. Her Methodist Christian faith provided the framework for her prayers and pleas to God. Unbiblical elements: None identified. While the darkness and feeling of evil might seem contrary to peaceful NDEs, biblical accounts include both heaven and hell, light and darkness. Her experience of trying to grab others could represent human attachment rather than any theological statement. The chaplain's interpretation that Jesus wasn't there because it wasn't her time aligns with divine sovereignty. |
2 | Unknown | 10 | 8 | 18 | Moderate Evidence | 0 | Clinical death explicitly stated, full of sepsis, paramedics stated they lost her | Aware during clinical death, heard specific statements from paramedics about losing her, heard children crying | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4/14/2025 | 1 | 0 | Heard paramedics and family while clinically dead | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 6 | |||||||||
| 539 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 602 Gina NDE 2143 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1gina_nde_2143.html | 2004 | 2005 | 33 | F |
Gina experienced two separate NDEs - one as a child at age 4 from a fall of 4 meters, and another at age 33 from an accident. Both involved encounters with a being of white light who took her hand and led her to a door that opened on its own. As a child, she had to climb three steps to reach the door, while in the adult experience she went directly to the place of light where one floats rather than walks. In her more recent experience at age 33, she first passed through a dim tunnel where she saw various deceased people she knew, one of whom touched her feet. She left these deceased beings behind to ascend with the being of light to a place where one floats. Though she saw no one in this higher realm, she felt caresses on her head. She could see her family members in the hospital room crying, and desperately wanting to return to stop their suffering. She could hear the voices of doctors and nurses resonating in her head - as she ascended, the voices faded back but continued to be audible, as if she had a microphone from millions of kilometers away. She saw her husband upset and praying that she would not die. She also witnessed a realm containing objects, beings that looked like angels, animals, and plants - all of which strangely had life and eyes. She encountered beings dressed in black capes who, upon seeing the being of light holding her hand, bowed their heads as though unable or unwilling to look at his face, perhaps out of respect. The childhood experience evoked fear and anguish, while the second experience brought feelings of much love, peace, and happiness. She gained intuitive and clairvoyant abilities afterward, including premonitory dreams. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: Multiple elements align with biblical accounts including beings of light (angels), ascending to heavenly realms, encounters with deceased individuals, the existence of different spiritual levels/realms, angelic beings, and beings showing reverence to a higher spiritual authority. The lasting gifts of intuition and premonitory dreams could be seen as spiritual gifts. The floating and ascension mirror biblical accounts of spiritual transportation. Unbiblical elements: The description of everything having eyes (plants and objects) represents an animistic view not found in scripture. While this could be metaphorical for divine omnipresence, the literal animation of inanimate objects diverges from biblical cosmology. The development of clairvoyant abilities post-NDE could be concerning from a biblical perspective depending on their use. |
5 | Hospital | 5 | 12 | 17 | Moderate Evidence | 0 | Two life-threatening accidents - fall from 4 meters as child, unspecified accident at 33 | Saw deceased known people, specific details of beings in black capes bowing, husband praying | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4/14/2025 | 2 | 0 | Saw deceased people in tunnel | 0.00 | Moderately Compatible | 8 | |||||||||
| 540 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 712 Fulvia B NDE 2392 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1fulvia_b_nde.html | 2001 | 2001-05-18 | 2005 | F |
Fulvia B admitted herself to the emergency room on May 18, 2001, for precautionary measures after a car accident where she was hit at high speed by a double city bus. Though she initially felt fine and walked away from the accident, she developed a headache and minor aches about thirty minutes later. At the hospital, she was given a neck brace and taken to radiology for x-rays to check for neck or spinal injuries. During the x-ray series, she suddenly felt faint and told the radiologist, who asked her to hang on for just one more image. At that moment, Fulvia found herself in a space filled with golden light that was bright but not blinding. She was floating in this peaceful light that surrounded her completely. Though she had no body form, she could float and move forward, backward, and all around. The space seemed magnified and dimensional - everything and nothing existed within this light simultaneously. She felt she had been there before and wasn't initially afraid. As she floated, she questioned where she was and why she was there, eventually accepting that she had died and was alone in the light, saying "I guess this is what I deserve." She then felt a presence behind her right shoulder. Both frightened and ecstatic, she had a great desire to see who or what it was. She called out "Jesus?" and as she turned to her right to see the presence, she was instantly back in the emergency room, hooked up to IVs and monitors. The doctors later confirmed her heart had stopped and they couldn't get a pulse for close to a minute, from when the radiologist tried to wake her until doctors arrived for resuscitation. Her heart was stopped for eighteen seconds. The experience left her unafraid of death. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: The golden light clearly represents divine presence consistent with biblical descriptions of God's glory. The peaceful, otherworldly realm aligns with heavenly descriptions. Her calling out to Jesus and sensing a divine presence demonstrates Christian faith framework. The instantaneous return upon invoking Jesus' name could represent divine intervention. The removal of fear of death reflects biblical promises about eternal life. Unbiblical elements: None identified. The experience maintains theological consistency throughout, with the golden light representing divine presence, the mysterious presence potentially being Christ or an angel, and the immediate return upon calling Jesus' name suggesting divine response to faith. |
2 | Hospital | 10 | 10 | 30 | Strong Evidence | 10 | Cardiac arrest documented by medical staff, no pulse for close to a minute | Specific otherworldly realm experience, sensed presence, called out to Jesus | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4/14/2025 | 1 | 1 | Sensed divine presence | 0.00 | Emergency room doctors | Highly Compatible | 7 | ||||||||
| 541 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 677 Gabby NDE 2320 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1gabby_nde.html | 2005 | 2005-03-10 | 2005 | F |
Gabby was in the intensive care unit on March 10, 2005, with a pulmonary embolism. Initially not in respiratory distress, she suddenly felt her body becoming very heavy and sinking. She no longer felt the need to breathe and could feel her heart rate slowing significantly. Despite sensing that her oxygen level was low, she experienced no urge to breathe as most people would in that situation. An extraordinary calmness overcame her that she describes as beyond words - no adjectives could capture this type of calm feeling. She began seeing several doors made of straw-like material circling in front of her as if on a merry-go-round. These doors were all connected to each other, forming a constant chain of straw doors. As she watched these doors, the calmness she felt was extraordinary. Somehow she knew that if she chose to go through one of these doors, she would die but continue experiencing this peaceful, calm, unbelievable feeling. She doesn't know who was telling her this but knew it was either a deceased relative or some spiritual message, despite not being a very religious person. The experience ended when respiratory and low oxygen alarms went off, and the nurse returned to replace her oxygen. The experience was a gift to her because she is no longer afraid to die. She gained special understanding that humans are here on earth for one purpose: to perpetuate human kindness so that humanity can continue to exist. This is our sole purpose - we continue to be born so there is a continual supply of human kindness to combat the dangers of our world. She sensed the presence of beings during her experience. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: The experience includes supernatural peace that surpasses understanding (Philippians 4:7), awareness of the choice between life and death, sensing spiritual presences or deceased relatives as messengers, and gaining insight about human purpose centered on kindness and love. The elimination of death anxiety aligns with biblical promises about eternal life. The doors could symbolize choices or passages between realms. Unbiblical elements: The concept that our "sole purpose" is perpetuating human kindness, while valuable, is incomplete from a biblical perspective which emphasizes glorifying God and relationship with Him. The idea of continuous rebirth to supply kindness hints at reincarnation concepts not found in scripture. However, these interpretations may be her personal understanding rather than direct revelations. |
5 | Hospital | 5 | 8 | 13 | Suggestive Evidence | 0 | Pulmonary embolism in ICU, respiratory and cardiac symptoms documented | Vision of specific straw doors, knowledge about their meaning, sensed presences | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4/14/2025 | 1 | 0 | Vision of rotating straw doors | 0.00 | Moderately Compatible | 7 | |||||||||
| 542 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 621 Georgeanne M NDE 20817 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1georganne_m_nde.html | 1999 | 1999-02-03 | 2005 | F |
Georgeanne M had been suffering from high fever on and off for two weeks in February 1999. Despite seeing a doctor a week prior with no improvement, she was getting progressively weaker. She visited another doctor who gave her an injection and medication. That evening, feeling slightly better after two weeks in her room, she decided to get fresh air at the night market near her campus, accompanied by a friend. While her friend was shopping for shoes, Georgeanne's fingers began trembling and she felt dizzy before fainting and falling onto the road. Suddenly, she was floating above the scene, observing her friend screaming for help and seeing her own body lying on the road. Unable to believe her eyes, she screamed "am I dead?" but nobody could hear her. She watched crowds gathering around her body as she felt an energy pulling her away from the crowd, like being sucked out. Turning, she saw an extremely bright but beautiful light that she couldn't adequately describe. She found herself floating rapidly toward the light along a pathway of bright white light with colorful flowers on both sides - she described it as very beautiful, feeling like heaven. Then she began crying, telling herself she was too young to die and this wasn't her time yet. At that moment, she felt pushed away from the light, floating rapidly in the opposite direction. From above, she could see her friend holding her body and crying. The energy pushed her back into her body and she woke up sweating profusely. Her friend told her she had simply fainted, but Georgeanne couldn't explain what actually happened. Her belief in God became stronger after this experience. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: Clear out-of-body experience with consciousness surviving physical collapse, ascending toward divine light consistent with biblical descriptions of God's glory, a beautiful pathway with flowers reminiscent of paradise descriptions, the sense of it being heaven, prayer-like communication about not being ready to die, and strengthened faith in God afterward. The return to life after appealing about timing suggests divine mercy. Unbiblical elements: None identified. The experience maintains consistency with biblical accounts of near-death visions, divine light, and paradisiacal realms. Her protest about timing and subsequent return aligns with biblical examples of extended life after appeal to God. |
5 | Other | 3 | 10 | 13 | Suggestive Evidence | 0 | High fever for 2 weeks causing collapse, life-threatening condition | Saw own body on road, friend screaming for help, crowds gathering, specific details | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4/14/2025 | 1 | 0 | Observed own body and scene from above | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 6 | |||||||||
| 543 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 675 Guy S NDE 2323 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1guy_s_nde.html | 1990 | 2005 | M |
Guy S experienced a severe asthma attack after going to bed around 1:00 AM, feeling asthmatic symptoms that quickly escalated into a life-threatening event. During this crisis, he had an out-of-body experience where he saw himself sitting cross-legged in the air above his body, smiling and laughing down at himself. He then found himself shooting down a tunnel with brilliant white light and golden mesh-like squares all around, moving at great speed while knowing he wouldn't crash into anything. At the end of the tunnel, he encountered a bright light with a slightly darker circle and the presence of Jesus Christ, experiencing overwhelming love and beauty. A voice asked him whether he wanted to finish his task on earth or not, explaining that his task was to learn about all aspects of love. Despite the attraction of the light and energy, he chose to return to earth. He rapidly returned to his body, waking up to a full-blown asthma attack covered in sweat and struggling to breathe, but the attack subsided within minutes. The primary veridical observation was his out-of-body perspective seeing himself from above. He also reported an awareness of his physical condition while separated from his body. The experience left him with firm beliefs in God and Jesus Christ, and the knowledge that life doesn't end with death. He reported that relationships became harder as he tried to always do the loving thing, and he developed deeper empathy for others' pain and loss. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: The experience contains several elements consistent with biblical accounts including the presence of Jesus Christ, themes of divine love, the concept of life after death, and being given a divine purpose or task. The tunnel with brilliant light aligns with biblical descriptions of divine radiance, and the choice to return suggests divine sovereignty over life and death. The emphasis on learning about love reflects biblical teachings about love being central to spiritual life. Unbiblical elements: None identified. The experience maintains orthodox Christian themes throughout, with direct encounter with Jesus Christ and no mention of reincarnation, universal salvation, or other non-biblical concepts. |
5 | Home | 5 | 4 | 9 | Weak Evidence | 0 | Severe asthma attack described as life-threatening | Out-of-body observation of self, but limited specific verifiable details | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4/14/2025 | 2 | 0 | Saw himself from above during OBE | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 8 | ||||||||||
| 544 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 651 Hattie A NDE 2276 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1hattie_a_nde.html | 2001 | 2001-08-02 | 2005 | F |
Hattie A experienced severe chest and upper stomach pains the night before her cardiac arrest, initially misdiagnosed as acid reflux. On Thursday morning around 7:00 AM, she called 911 and her daughter before experiencing a cardiac arrest that left her unconscious until Saturday. During this time, she had an out-of-body experience where she floated above her body, not initially recognizing it was herself, feeling sympathy for "the woman" who looked dead and wanting to help her. Between Thursday and Saturday, while unconscious in the intensive care unit, she perceived many people in her room bending over her and speaking in whispers, though staff later said only a couple visitors at a time were allowed. She experienced an unusual quietness with her ears feeling plugged, yet had incredibly fast thoughts and heightened awareness. She later realized the woman she saw from above was herself, describing a sense of despair and wanting to help what she initially perceived as another person. The primary veridical observations include seeing herself from above without initial recognition, perceiving multiple presences in her ICU room when officially only limited visitors were allowed, and awareness of her surroundings while clinically unconscious. She experienced a barrier or involuntary return to life. After the experience, she developed heightened sensitivity to others' pain, can no longer eat meat, and feels a great love in the universe around her daily. She also cannot attend AA meetings anymore due to overwhelming empathy for others' pain. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: The experience includes classic biblical NDE elements such as out-of-body experience, separation of consciousness from the physical body, and a return barrier suggesting divine control over life and death. The development of heightened compassion and empathy aligns with biblical fruits of the spirit. Her increased awareness of universal love and sensitivity to others' suffering reflects biblical teachings about love and compassion. Unbiblical elements: The adoption of Native American and Buddhist teachings post-NDE represents a departure from biblical exclusivity. The inability to eat meat and the overwhelming psychic sensitivity to others' pain, while not directly contradicting scripture, represent new age concepts of energy sensitivity not found in biblical accounts. |
2 | Hospital | 10 | 8 | 20 | Moderate Evidence | 2 | Clear cardiac arrest documented, treated in ICU | Multiple specific observations including OBE with non-recognition of self, presences in room | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4/14/2025 | 3 | 0 | Saw herself from above without recognition | 0.00 | Mixed Compatibility | 7 | |||||||||
| 545 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 590 Haya K NDE 12013 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1haya_k_nde.html | 2005 | Unknown |
Haya K experienced a near-death event during a critical medical condition involving severe fever that required hospitalization. While in a semi-sitting position and fully conscious, not sleeping, the subject began to leave their body and flew through a white tunnel. A ring-like structure was observed moving slowly around them, seeming to push them away from their body and into the tunnel. Despite being awake and aware, with their mother sitting beside them applying cold compresses to reduce the fever, they experienced this dissociation from their physical form. They actively tried to resist the ring's push and the movement through the tunnel. The experience was characterized by complete consciousness and awareness throughout, distinguishing it from a dream or hallucination. The primary veridical observation was the simultaneous awareness of both the tunnel experience and their mother's presence applying cold compresses. The subject was conscious of both realities simultaneously. Parents later confirmed that the child was in very critical condition and was taken to the hospital. The lasting impression was one of leaving this world, which remained vivid in memory years later. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: The experience includes separation from the physical body and travel through a tunnel, consistent with many biblical and near-death accounts. The consciousness remaining intact while the body was in crisis aligns with biblical concepts of the soul's independence from the physical form. The resistance to leaving suggests an awareness of the boundary between life and death. Unbiblical elements: None identified. The experience is brief and contains only the tunnel and out-of-body elements without any theological or spiritual claims that would contradict biblical teaching. |
5 | Hospital | 5 | 6 | 15 | Moderate Evidence | 4 | Critical condition requiring hospitalization | Conscious awareness of tunnel while mother applied compresses | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4/14/2025 | 1 | 1 | Simultaneous awareness of tunnel and mother's presence | 1.00 | Parents | Highly Compatible | 5 | ||||||||||
| 546 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 549 Heidi D NDE 1072 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1heidi_d_nde.html | 1972 | 2005 | 7 | F |
Seven-year-old Heidi D was on a bicycle ride with her older sisters when she encountered a steep 7% downgrade hill. Unable to control the borrowed bike's continuous pedals or catch the brakes, she was told to hold her breath and continue. She passed out while trying to keep up with the pedals and crashed into a rock wall, resulting in a serious head injury requiring hospitalization. During her unconscious state, she experienced floating above a field of blue and yellow lupines with total feelings of happiness and peace. She observed brilliant colors, perfect air, and green rolling hills to her right. Looking to her left, she saw herself laid out in the back of a red Jeep with her sister Kelly sobbing and shaking her, begging her to wake up. She distinctly remembered the smell of vomit while observing from above. Upon returning to her body, she experienced pain and later saw herself from above again at her house, where her mother had removed her shirt in front of a crowd, including a boy she had a crush on. The primary veridical observations included seeing her mother's white crochet shawl with pink roses, which her mother later confirmed she was wearing and that Heidi had vomited on. Heidi asked about the shawl upon waking, surprising her mother who confirmed it was in the closet. She observed multiple scenes while unconscious, including being transported in the Jeep and arriving at the house. The experience resulted in enhanced psychic abilities during her teen years and lasting memories that remained vivid decades later. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: The out-of-body experience with consciousness surviving physical trauma aligns with biblical concepts of the soul. The beautiful otherworldly realm with perfect peace could represent a glimpse of paradise. The involuntary return to the body suggests divine sovereignty over life and death. The experience of joy and peace in the spiritual realm reflects biblical descriptions of God's presence. Unbiblical elements: The development of psychic abilities following the NDE represents paranormal phenomena not supported by biblical teaching. While prophecy is a biblical gift, generalized psychic abilities and precognition as described fall outside biblical spiritual gifts and may align more with occult practices warned against in scripture. |
5 | Hospital | 5 | 12 | 24 | Moderate Evidence | 7 | Serious bicycle accident with head trauma | Specific observation of mother's shawl verified, multiple scene observations | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4/14/2025 | 3 | 1 | Saw mother's white crochet shawl with pink roses | 1.00 | Mother | Moderately Compatible | 6 | ||||||||
| 547 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 586 Gloria M NDE 2158 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1gloria_m_nde.html | 2004 | 2004-10-21 | 2005 | F |
Gloria M experienced a severe asthma attack triggered by a chest infection that led to respiratory failure in the emergency room. Her body shut down and she developed "Silent Chest" where no air could enter or exit her lungs, requiring placement on a ventilator in the intensive care unit. As the anesthesia mask was placed and medication injected, she lost consciousness and found herself in darkness, initially afraid. She then shot down a tunnel with golden lights shining brilliantly like squares or mesh all around, traveling at great speed while knowing she wouldn't crash. At the tunnel's end, she saw a bright light with a slightly darker circle and began to slow down. She encountered a massive angelic being with beautiful white wings stretched out, so large she couldn't see its face. The wings began closing around her as a voice said, "Don't be afraid, we will hold you until it is all over. You are going to be all right. We will stay with you and hold you." As the wings enveloped her, she was filled with white light that made her heart soar, experiencing peace, joy, and no fear. The primary observation was her awareness during intubation and sedation, with background awareness of medical staff working. Family members reported her eyes were open but "no one was at home" during visits. She experienced everything happening at once in a different reality from normal life. The experience left her more peaceful, less critical of others, and able to let go of hurts more easily. She now believes something exists after death and that everything will make sense when she dies. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: The experience strongly aligns with biblical imagery including an angelic being with wings providing comfort and protection (Psalm 91:4), the tunnel of light representing transition to the divine realm, and the message of divine protection and care. The overwhelming peace, joy, and love experienced in the angel's presence reflects biblical descriptions of God's presence. The transformation toward greater peace and less judgment of others reflects biblical fruits of the spirit. Unbiblical elements: None identified. The experience maintains biblical imagery throughout with the angelic encounter providing comfort and assurance without any non-biblical spiritual claims or practices. |
5 | Hospital | 7 | 4 | 11 | Suggestive Evidence | 0 | Severe asthma attack with respiratory failure requiring ventilator | Awareness during sedation, angel encounter, but limited verifiable details | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 4/14/2025 | 1 | 0 | Awareness during intubation and family visits | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 8 | |||||||||
| 548 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 652 Graciela H NDE 2274 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1graciela_h_nde.html | 1989 | 1989-02-24 | 2005 | 23 | F |
Twenty-three-year-old Graciela H experienced clinical death during a cesarean section surgery. After anesthesia was administered, she became aware of the surgery room appearing dark while observing her doctor applying Betadine and performing the procedure. She saw her father watching the surgery, though he was actually in Panama at the time, eight hours away. She observed herself in a sitting position while her body remained on the table, and watched as medical staff performed CPR before gradually leaving the room. After her doctor left, she felt elevated by a strange force through the surgery room ceiling. Passing through brought her to another realm with bright clouds and light filling her with energy and happiness. Her spiritual body appeared as white glowing gas with silver and pearl glow, wearing a dress of light, with a voice like a teenager. A being of overwhelming light with wings approached, whose brightness forced her to her knees. The being communicated telepathically that she was sent there by mistake and needed to return to accomplish many things and help several people. Despite her resistance and desire to go "home" through a tunnel she saw, the being held her with overwhelming love before forcefully sending her back. She re-entered her body through her feet and awakened in the morgue on a metal table with ice on her eyelashes, unable to move or speak. Through repeated blinking, she caught a nurse's attention who initially dismissed it but returned with others. Doctors confirmed she had been mistakenly sent to the morgue. The experience resulted in lasting effects including annual visions of the surgery events, precognitive visions of major events, a guiding male voice, and the ability to sense when hospital patients need urgent help. Her right hand generates unusual heat that some patients notice. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: The experience contains numerous biblical elements including angelic beings with wings, overwhelming divine light and love, telepathic communication consistent with spiritual encounters, the concept of divine purpose and mission to help others, and lasting spiritual gifts. The being's authority over life and death and the forced return align with divine sovereignty. The transformation and spiritual gifts received could represent biblical spiritual gifts. Unbiblical elements: The claim of being sent "by mistake" contradicts biblical omniscience and divine sovereignty, suggesting error in God's plan. The development of precognitive visions and psychic abilities falls outside biblical spiritual gifts. The annual visions and supernatural heat from her hand represent paranormal phenomena not supported by scripture. |
3 | Hospital | 10 | 16 | 36 | Exceptional Evidence | 10 | Clinical death during cesarean section, mistakenly sent to morgue | Multiple observations during surgery, father presence, morgue awakening verified | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 4/14/2025 | 4 | 1 | Saw surgical procedures being performed | 0.00 | Doctors and nurses | Low Compatibility | 9 | |||||||
| 549 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 654 Jaime G NDE 2286 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1jaime_g_nde.html | 2001 | 2001-12-03 | 2005 | M |
Jaime G experienced clinical death during emergency tracheotomy surgery for severe tonsillitis complications. He coded on the operating table when an abscess burst and the breathing tube became clogged, requiring 4-5 minutes of resuscitation with defibrillation applied twice. During the experience, Jaime found himself in complete darkness, sensing a tunnel-like cave with rough walls and doorways along the sides. He heard a low humming sound like being underwater. A pinpoint of white light appeared in the distance, growing larger as he was pulled toward it. Upon entering the light, he encountered his grandmother who had died three years prior. She appeared young and healthy, wearing a purple dress with glowing fluorescent yellow flowers. They sat at her table drinking coffee, though it had no taste or heat despite appearing to steam. The room was dome-shaped with fluorescent light emanating from everywhere with no visible source. Jaime observed specific details including seeing his deceased grandfather and an unknown heavy-set woman with a black ponytail peeking through a curtain-like section of the dome. His grandmother communicated telepathically in Spanish, telling him it wasn't his time and his family was waiting. She instructed him to tell everyone she loved them and thought of them always. Upon return, Jaime experienced intense burning chest pain and found himself on life support. He wrote down his experience immediately despite being unable to speak. Remarkably, he had been seeing the time 14:14 (2:14 PM) repeatedly for weeks before the surgery, and medical records confirmed he coded at exactly 2:14 PM. He spent two weeks in intensive care and was life-flighted to another hospital due to complications. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: The experience contains several elements consistent with biblical accounts including a dark tunnel transitioning to brilliant light, encountering deceased relatives in a paradise-like setting, communication without physical speech, and being told to return with a message for the living. The overwhelming feelings of love and peace align with biblical descriptions of divine presence. Unbiblical elements: The dome-shaped room with no clear light source and the specific detail about coffee having no taste despite appearing hot are unusual but not directly contradictory to scripture. The fluorescent glowing flowers and the ability to see other deceased individuals through a curtain-like barrier are non-standard elements not typically found in biblical accounts. |
1 | Hospital | 10 | 18 | 38 | Exceptional Evidence | 10 | Clinical death documented with 4-5 minutes of cardiac arrest, defibrillation twice, on operating table with monitoring | Detailed observations of deceased grandmother, room features, grandfather and unknown woman, specific details about dress and environment | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 4/14/2025 | 3 | 1 | Saw deceased grandmother appearing young and healthy | 0.00 | Operating room staff | Highly Compatible | 8 | ||||||||
| 550 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 648 Jake NDE 2267 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1jake_nde.html | 1989 | 2005 | M |
Jake experienced clinical death following a car accident in 1989. The exact medical details are limited, but he reports dying and being resuscitated at the accident scene. During his near-death experience, Jake floated up out of his body and moved through a tunnel. Two beings approached him and communicated that he had to go back because it was not his time. He felt an overwhelming sense of calm throughout the experience. The beings appeared as figures but their exact appearance is not detailed. Jake experienced incredible peace and joy during the encounter, feeling united with the universe and suddenly understanding everything about existence. He described the location as an unfamiliar, strange place. The entire experience left him with the conviction that there is continued existence after death. Following the NDE, Jake reports becoming more solitary in nature but with stronger beliefs. He developed an ability to sense the good and bad in people, which he did not have before the accident. He maintains absolute certainty about the reality of his experience and has no fear of death as a result. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: The experience includes classic biblical NDE elements such as leaving the body, encountering divine or angelic beings who deliver a message about timing, experiencing overwhelming peace and joy, and gaining spiritual understanding. The beings sending him back aligns with biblical concepts of divine sovereignty over life and death. Unbiblical elements: None identified. The experience contains only traditional elements consistent with biblical accounts. |
5 | Other | 5 | 8 | 13 | Suggestive Evidence | 0 | Car accident resulting in clinical death, limited medical details provided | Encountered two beings who communicated about returning, tunnel experience, but limited specific details | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4/14/2025 | 2 | 0 | Movement through tunnel | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 8 | ||||||||||
| 551 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 718 Jeff NDE 2403 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1jeff_nde.html | 2004 | 2005 | M |
Jeff experienced a near-death event during a suicide attempt by auto-asphyxiation in August 2004. He had passed into unconsciousness at 2:00 AM in his car when the experience occurred, before being discovered and resuscitated by his wife. During the NDE, Jeff found himself standing at the edge of a cliff overlooking a deep, dark abyss. Within this void, he could see thousands of people with their arms outstretched toward him. While he could not see their faces clearly, the forms and reaching arms were distinctly visible in an ethereal manner. He described feeling no fear or doubt, only peaceful uncertainty, as he was fully prepared to die at that point. As Jeff began to step into the abyss, he was suddenly snatched back from the edge by an unseen force. He heard a clear voice saying "It is not your time; I am not through with you yet." Immediately after this intervention, he found himself being pulled from the car by his wife who resuscitated him. Following the experience, Jeff interprets what he saw as a glimpse into hell or a place of lost humanity. He shares his experience frequently as part of his testimony to warn others about the reality of hell and encourage them to turn to God. He reports enhanced powers of discernment and intuition since the NDE. Jeff maintains that God allowed him to see into hell to understand its reality and to help convince others to avoid that fate. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: The dark abyss with lost souls reaching upward strongly parallels biblical descriptions of hell or Sheol. The divine intervention preventing his death and the authoritative voice declaring God's continued purpose for his life aligns with biblical sovereignty. The experience led to evangelical witness and spiritual discernment gifts consistent with biblical transformation. Unbiblical elements: None identified. The hellish vision and divine rescue are fully consistent with biblical theology regarding judgment, hell, and God's redemptive intervention. |
5 | Other | 5 | 12 | 24 | Moderate Evidence | 7 | Suicide attempt by auto-asphyxiation, passed into unconsciousness | Detailed vision of dark abyss with thousands of souls reaching up, heard specific divine message about timing | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4/14/2025 | 2 | 1 | Vision of dark abyss with souls | 0.00 | Wife | Highly Compatible | 7 | |||||||||
| 552 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 728 Helga NDE 2414 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1helga_nde.html | 2003 | 2003-09-25 | 2005 | F |
Helga collapsed at her workplace on September 25, 2003, with her next memory being awakening in the intensive care unit the following day. The exact medical cause was not specified, but the severity required ICU admission and monitoring. During her NDE, Helga found herself crawling through a black tube that transformed into a brick tunnel with brownish stones. The tunnel walls displayed old oil paintings in gold frames depicting scenes from her life, though she didn't have time to examine them closely. She felt crushed by an unbearable burden while moving through the ice-cold tunnel, though she was sweating from exertion. A faint but bright light was visible at the tunnel's end. As Helga approached the light, the burden became lighter. Upon reaching it, she extended her right hand first, finding it pleasantly warm in contrast to the cold tunnel. Stepping through brought her to an incredibly bright, airy, beautiful space where she felt like lying in a fragrant meadow with a warm summer breeze. All burdens disappeared completely. The experience culminated in a profound vision where Helga found herself lying in her own grave, clearly seeing the earthen walls beside her. Above the grave stood her husband and thirteen-year-old daughter, both completely devastated. She called out that they shouldn't worry, that she was fine and would wait for them. Her husband tossed in a rose he was holding, but her daughter refused to cast hers in despite Helga's repeated requests. Suddenly she was back in the tunnel with another black tunnel appearing to her right, then consciousness returned to hear medical staff saying she was coming around. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: The tunnel with life review paintings reflects biblical judgment themes. The transition from darkness and burden to light and freedom parallels salvation narratives. The vision of her own burial with family mourning while she remains conscious elsewhere supports biblical concepts of consciousness after death. The beautiful realm beyond the light suggests paradise. Unbiblical elements: The specific imagery of lying in her own grave while communicating with living family members is unusual though not contradictory to scripture. The tunnel paintings as life review are a unique element not found in biblical accounts but consistent with the concept of life judgment. |
6 | Hospital | 3 | 15 | 18 | Moderate Evidence | 0 | Collapsed at work, woke in ICU, medical cause unspecified | Detailed descriptions of brick tunnel with life paintings, burden sensation, light transition, grave vision with family | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4/14/2025 | 3 | 0 | Brick tunnel with life review paintings | 0.00 | Moderately Compatible | 7 | |||||||||
| 553 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 674 Henry O NDE 2309 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1henry_o_nde.html | 2001 | 2001-02-08 | 2005 | M |
Henry O, a former New York police officer, experienced cardiac arrest during a heart catheterization procedure on February 8, 2001. While watching his procedure on monitors, he died twice on the table when contrast dye was injected, requiring defibrillation both times with significant burns to his chest. He had been diagnosed with kidney cancer the previous month and was en route to see a surgeon when the heart attack occurred. The day before the catheterization, Henry had a remarkable encounter at Central Vermont Hospital. A nurse matching his deceased Aunt Brigit's exact appearance and Irish accent touched his shoulder, made his chest pain disappear, and accurately predicted his blood test results before they occurred. Neither staff nor his wife could identify this nurse, and the hospital confirmed no Irish nurses worked there. His Aunt Brigit, who raised him and was considered a saint, had died around 1957. During the cardiac arrest, Henry experienced vivid, indescribable colors within what appeared to be deeply cut crystal. The colors had an intensity that amazed him, and he discovered he could make them shoot around by slightly moving his head. He felt total peace, relaxation, and joy. He heard voices calling his name but responded with vulgar language, not wanting to return. He distinctly heard a male voice say "LOVE IS ALL THERE IS" twice, which remains burned in his memory. Upon resuscitation, Henry had no fear of death and felt glad for those who die, looking forward to his own return. The experience fundamentally changed his perspective from his hardened police background to a more humble, loving person who knows there is an afterlife and believes in God's love as the fundamental truth of existence. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: The appearance of a deceased holy relative (Aunt Brigit) as a messenger before the NDE aligns with biblical accounts of divine messengers. The overwhelming peace, joy, and love experienced in the crystal light reflects biblical descriptions of God's presence. The message "LOVE IS ALL THERE IS" echoes the biblical truth that God is love. The transformation from hardened to humble and loving reflects biblical conversion. Unbiblical elements: None identified. While the crystal imagery is unique, it represents divine light in a distinctive form consistent with biblical descriptions of God's glory appearing in various manifestations. |
1 | Hospital | 10 | 15 | 35 | Exceptional Evidence | 10 | Cardiac arrest twice during monitored catheterization, defibrillation documented | Detailed crystal color experience, mysterious nurse's accurate predictions, specific message received | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4/14/2025 | 2 | 2 | Mysterious nurse predicted blood test results | 1.00 | Doctor and hospital staff | Highly Compatible | 7 | ||||||||
| 554 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 656 Hessie NDE 2282 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1hessie_nde.html | 1987 | 2005 | 9 | F |
Hessie was nine years old when she was run over by an automobile in summer 1987. The driver struck her once, causing her to go under the vehicle, then hit her a second time, throwing her approximately fifteen feet into a driveway where she lost consciousness. During her NDE, Hessie found herself in what appeared to be a rose garden with extraordinary beauty. She could see nothing but rose bushes and brilliant white light - no soil or grass was visible. The environment was foggy yet very bright, and everything seemed to glow with an otherworldly quality. She discovered a bench and sat down, overwhelmed with happiness that made her cry tears of joy. A man then came and sat beside her on the bench. Though she could not see his face clearly, she knew in her heart without fear that he was Jesus. Communication occurred through her mind rather than spoken words. Jesus told her it wasn't her time and that her family was waiting for her. When she begged to stay with him, expressing how wonderful she felt and how she never wanted to leave, he gently but firmly insisted she had to return. The sadness she felt at having to leave was extreme. Hessie's next memory was awakening in the driveway at the accident scene. Since the experience, she developed an ability to sense good or evil in people just by looking into their eyes, an ability she never had before and which has proven consistently accurate. She also became sensitive to when family members are upset or in pain, feeling compelled to reach out to them. The experience left her with complete certainty about its reality and the continuation of consciousness after death. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: The encounter with Jesus in a paradise garden setting directly parallels biblical descriptions of Eden and paradise. Jesus personally appearing to send someone back aligns with his sovereignty over life and death. The overwhelming joy, peace, and love in his presence reflects biblical accounts of divine encounters. The development of spiritual discernment afterward mirrors biblical gifts of the Spirit. Unbiblical elements: None identified. This is a scripturally consistent encounter with Jesus Christ in a paradise setting, with appropriate emotional responses and spiritual gifts following. |
5 | Other | 5 | 12 | 17 | Moderate Evidence | 0 | Run over twice by automobile, thrown 15 feet, lost consciousness | Detailed rose garden description, encounter with recognized Jesus figure, specific message | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4/14/2025 | 2 | 0 | Rose garden paradise environment | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 6 | |||||||||
| 555 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 584 Jim F NDE 2156 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1jim_f_nde.html | 1969 | 2005 | 14 | M |
Jim F, age 14, experienced a severe asthma attack in summer 1969 while lying in his bedroom with undiagnosed pneumonia. The combination triggered a life-threatening event where he stopped breathing entirely. He found himself floating near the ceiling, observing his motionless body below with complete peace and overwhelming unconditional love. From his vantage point, he could see through translucent walls - observing his sister Mary applying makeup in the bathroom, his mother cooking and singing in the kitchen, and siblings watching TV in the front room. He could see the side yard and traffic outside simultaneously. The experience was characterized by an indescribable sense of peace, warmth, and being immersed in unconditional love that still brings him to tears decades later. He felt no fear, only a desire to continue forward in this state. Suddenly, he was back in his body with the asthma attack completely resolved. This was his last serious asthma attack ever. He reports having four instances of divine intervention in his life total, with this being the most profound. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: The experience contains several elements consistent with biblical accounts including an out-of-body experience where consciousness separates from the physical body, enhanced perception and awareness during the crisis, overwhelming feelings of divine love and peace, and a sudden miraculous healing. The sense of being "wrapped in love" and experiencing a "healing hand" suggests divine intervention. The lasting positive transformation and loss of fear of death align with biblical promises of eternal life. Unbiblical elements: None identified. The experience does not contain references to reincarnation, multiple paths to salvation, or other concepts that contradict biblical teaching. The experiencer grew up in a strict Catholic household and interprets the experience within a traditional Christian framework of heaven and divine love. |
5 | Home | 5 | 14 | 21 | Moderate Evidence | 2 | Severe asthma attack with complete breathing cessation described, though not in hospital setting | Multiple specific observations of family members in different rooms, seeing through walls, detailed descriptions of activities | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4/14/2025 | 3 | 0 | Saw sister in bathroom | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 6 | |||||||||
| 556 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 611 Joel B NDE 2181 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1joel_b_nde.html | 1973 | 2005 | M |
Joel B experienced clinical death from nitrogen gas poisoning in September 1973 while cleaning wine tanks at Gallo Wineries. He entered a tank mistakenly marked safe that was actually filled with nitrogen gas, which displaced all oxygen from his lungs within three minutes. He collapsed unconscious and was struck by the loose high-pressure hose. Joel experienced traveling through a long tunnel at high speed toward a bright light. Upon emerging from the tunnel, he found himself floating in white light without borders, feeling profound peace and warmth. He encountered Jesus wearing a white robe "dripping in pure gold" and felt completely safe and at home. Jesus spoke to him about his life and future, telling him he had to return as it wasn't his time and he had more to accomplish. Jesus pointed back to the tunnel and Joel immediately traveled back through it. He awoke to find two crying coworkers who had pulled him from the tank and performed CPR after he had stopped breathing and turned blue. The spotter who tried to rescue him had also passed out from the gas after 45 seconds. Joel quit the job immediately after the company tried to blame him for the accident. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: The experience strongly aligns with biblical accounts through the encounter with Jesus Christ in glorified form, consistent with Revelation descriptions of Christ in white robes. The tunnel and bright light parallel near-death accounts in Christian tradition. The life review and being told of future purpose reflects biblical concepts of divine providence and predetermined purpose (Jeremiah 1:5). The overwhelming peace and feeling of being "home" aligns with Jesus' promise of preparing a place for believers (John 14:2-3). Unbiblical elements: None identified. The experience contains no references to reincarnation, multiple deities, or salvation apart from Christ. The direct encounter with Jesus and His authority over life and death strongly affirms orthodox Christian theology. |
5 | Other | 10 | 12 | 29 | Strong Evidence | 7 | Clinical death with cessation of breathing documented, CPR performed, turned blue indicating cardiac/respiratory arrest | Specific visual details of Jesus in white robe with gold, tunnel experience, coherent sequence of events, strobe effect of water | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4/14/2025 | 2 | 1 | Water strobe effect before losing consciousness | 0.00 | Two coworkers | Highly Compatible | 9 | |||||||||
| 557 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 693 Jessica B NDE 20985 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1jessica_b_nde.html | 2005 | F |
Jessica B experienced a near-death event while working as lead preparator at a non-profit gallery when she was electrocuted by a clamp light placed in a pool of water where she was cleaning paint from the floor. Despite warning the artist about the danger, she grabbed one light to turn it off when a lightning bolt of electricity ran through her arms, chest, and head. She was suddenly surrounded by a white, glowing, beautiful light and felt the most amazing peace and comfort she had ever experienced. She felt safe, whole, and part of the universe, as if she was somehow part of a fog or mist of the universe. She was then suddenly jerked back to her body. Witnesses found her on all fours holding the light with her eyes rolled back, being electrocuted for an unknown duration that felt like a year to her. One artist unplugged the lamp, ending the electrocution. She experienced immediate shock, hunger, nausea, and vomiting that lasted four days. The gallery had no workers compensation and only called the hospital rather than taking her for treatment. Remarkably, she experienced healing of pre-existing conditions including complicated migraines and petite mal epilepsy that she had suffered since her teens. She hasn't had a full seizure since the incident and gained mental clarity, awareness of personal powers, and discovered her calling as an artist working with light. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: The experience contains several biblical elements including the brilliant white light often associated with divine presence, overwhelming peace that "passes understanding" (Philippians 4:7), and a sense of unity with creation. The healing of chronic conditions mirrors biblical accounts of divine healing. The transformation and discovery of life purpose aligns with biblical concepts of calling and spiritual gifts. Unbiblical elements: The description of feeling "part of the universe" and being "part of a fog or mist of the universe" could be interpreted as pantheistic rather than the biblical Creator-creation distinction. However, this may simply be inadequate language to describe an ineffable experience rather than a theological statement. |
5 | Other | 5 | 8 | 20 | Moderate Evidence | 7 | Clear life-threatening electrocution event described | White light experience and out-of-body sensation, but limited specific veridical observations | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4/14/2025 | 1 | 1 | Surrounded by white light and universal awareness | 0.00 | Three people in room including artists | Moderately Compatible | 7 | ||||||||||
| 558 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 601 Jim B NDE 22252/2176 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1jim_b_nde.html | 2004 | 2004-05-17 | 2005 | M |
Jim B experienced an out-of-body event on May 17, 2004, after falling and hitting his head on ceramic tile flooring at home, suffering severe brain bruising with subdural and subarachnoid hematomas. After lying down for a nap at 1:50 PM, he tripped getting out of bed and was found unconscious. During his unconscious state, Jim found himself near the ceiling in his home's entryway observing a uniformed policeman directing traffic - medical personnel toward the bedroom and others toward the kitchen. He experienced complete silence and no pain. In an instant, he was in a corner of the bedroom watching paramedics work on someone at the foot of the bed, unable to force himself to look down at who was being treated. He suddenly regained consciousness on the floor with a large paramedic sitting on his chest while others held his limbs, describing him as "agitated" and "combative." He broke free, stood up, and was then strapped to a gurney and airlifted to a head-injury facility where he spent nine days, six in ICU. The experience gave him vivid high-definition vision with no shadows or darkness, complete calmness and serenity he had never felt before. He now believes we are spiritual beings in human form who return to the spiritual world upon death. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: The out-of-body experience aligns with Paul's description of being "whether in the body or out of the body I cannot tell" (2 Corinthians 12:2-3). The profound peace and serenity reflect biblical descriptions of God's peace. The belief in spiritual existence beyond physical death aligns with biblical teaching about eternal souls and the afterlife. Unbiblical elements: None specifically identified, though the description of returning as an "aura" rather than a resurrected body differs from biblical teaching about bodily resurrection. However, this may refer to an intermediate state rather than final resurrection. |
5 | Home | 7 | 12 | 21 | Moderate Evidence | 2 | Severe head trauma with documented brain hematomas, hospitalized 9 days with 6 in ICU, life-threatening | Specific observations of policeman directing traffic, paramedics locations, clear visual details of home layout | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4/14/2025 | 2 | 0 | Policeman directing traffic in entryway | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 6 | |||||||||
| 559 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 714 Jim Co NDE 21025 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1jim_co_nde.html | 2005 | 10 | M |
Jim Co, approximately 10 years old, experienced a near-drowning at a state park lake while his family was visiting. Unable to swim, he was playing in the water and kept venturing deeper, intending to stop when it reached his chin. Unaware of a five-foot drop-off just past the buoyed safety line, he suddenly went under and began thrashing desperately to reach the surface. After struggling briefly, he experienced a tremendous jerk within his mind, describing it as something automatic occurring as a natural part of the dying process. Suddenly he was outside his body floating in a semi-conscious state, completely content and no longer struggling. He felt unbelievably happy and enveloped by a loving presence. His next memory was his father dragging him from the deep end to shallow water and onto shore. His father had jumped into the lake fully clothed to rescue him. Jim distinctly remembers feeling disappointed about being brought back because he didn't want to leave that blissful state. On shore, his father dried money from his wallet on the sand, telling Jim "you were just about a goner." The experience left Jim with a profound memory of the peace and love he felt while out of his body. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: The out-of-body experience and consciousness separating from the physical body aligns with biblical concepts of the soul's distinction from the body. The overwhelming sense of being enveloped by a loving presence could represent divine love and God's presence during crisis. The profound peace and happiness reflect biblical descriptions of God's perfect peace. Unbiblical elements: None identified. The experience is brief and contains no elements that contradict biblical teaching. No mention of reincarnation, multiple paths to God, or other unbiblical concepts. |
5 | Other | 5 | 6 | 18 | Moderate Evidence | 7 | Clear near-drowning event described with life threat | Limited specific observations but clear OBE with floating sensation and loving presence | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4/14/2025 | 1 | 1 | Floating outside body with loving presence | 0.00 | Father | Highly Compatible | 4 | |||||||||
| 560 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 544 Joe D NDE 20641 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1joe_d_nde.html | 1979 | 2005 | 0 | M |
Joe D's earliest memory is from when he was a newborn hospitalized with pneumonia in 1979, experiencing what he believes was a pre-birth or near-death experience. In a state where he wasn't his current self and couldn't define what he was, he was led by other entities to a strange humming machine. Though he couldn't hear the hum normally, he could sense its vibration. The experience had a solemn, necessary tone. He entered or became one with this machine and passed through it into a tunnel. Without earthly senses, he felt infinitely small yet conducted through the tunnel, simultaneously squeezed through it while fitting perfectly, as if he and the tunnel were of the same substance. The journey through the tunnel seemed both instantaneous and infinite - a paradoxical sensation he cannot adequately describe in words. After emerging from the tunnel, his next memory is simply being alive with no memories before or after that point. Years later while driving truck, he had a profound spiritual experience while contemplating God and the universe. After promising himself to God's will, he was overcome with euphoric complete contentment and lost all fear of death. He now lives fearlessly, using logic over defensive reactions, believing he has a destiny to achieve before his appointed time to die. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: The experience of being led by entities could represent angelic beings involved in the incarnation process. The tunnel experience might symbolize the transition from spiritual to physical existence. The later spiritual experience with complete surrender to God's will strongly aligns with biblical calls to submit to divine sovereignty (Romans 12:1-2). The loss of fear of death reflects 1 Corinthians 15:55 and the peace that comes from faith. Unbiblical elements: The description of pre-existence consciousness and choosing incarnation could be interpreted as supporting pre-mortal existence of souls, which some consider unbiblical. However, this could also be interpreted as the moment of ensoulment at birth rather than pre-existence. |
5 | Hospital | 5 | 4 | 9 | Weak Evidence | 0 | Hospitalized as newborn with pneumonia, life-threatening for infant | Abstract experience with tunnel but no specific veridical observations of physical world | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4/15/2025 | 1 | 0 | Passage through machine and tunnel | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 6 | |||||||||
| 561 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 559 Joseph M NDE 2128 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1joseph_m_nde.html | 2004 | 2004-12-28 | 2005 | M |
Joseph experienced a severe asthma attack on December 28, 2004, that led to complete respiratory failure when his inhaler and nebulizer failed to provide relief. His diaphragm seized, causing suffocation and death throes as an overwhelming energy overtook his body despite his attempts to fight it off. After surrendering to the experience with the thought "I just can't do it anymore," Joseph experienced a sudden pop followed by profound stillness. He found himself standing and observing his collapsed body, realizing he had died yet remained conscious and aware. The environment was bathed in golden light reflecting from an unidentifiable source, and he felt himself rippling outward like a sound wave on a tilted axis. Joseph observed the golden light was everywhere without origin, as if he himself was emitting it and everything reflected this light. He experienced complete silence described as thick and peaceful, like being submerged in water. The experience was characterized by extreme curiosity, wonder, peace of mind, and absolute absence of fear. Joseph awakened two days later with vivid memories intact. Medical staff in the intensive care unit confirmed they had witnessed his death, validating his experience. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: The experience contains several elements consistent with biblical accounts including out-of-body consciousness after death, divine light presence similar to descriptions of God's glory, overwhelming peace that "passes understanding," and consciousness surviving bodily death. The golden light could represent divine presence, and the peaceful transition aligns with biblical promises for believers. Unbiblical elements: The description lacks explicit encounter with God, Jesus, or angels typically found in biblical accounts. There is no life review, judgment scene, or clear divine communication. The experience of floating as a "sound wave" and the absence of any heavenly realm or specific spiritual beings differs from biblical descriptions of the afterlife. |
5 | Home | 5 | 10 | 25 | Strong Evidence | 10 | Life-threatening asthmatic reaction with diaphragm seizure causing suffocation | Observed himself standing while physically collapsed backwards, experienced unique golden light phenomenon | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4/15/2025 | 2 | 1 | Awareness of standing while body collapsed | 1.00 | ICU staff | Highly Compatible | 7 | ||||||||
| 562 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 733 Joseph M NDE 2434 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1joseph_m_nde_2434.html | 1980 | 1980-09-01 | 2005 | M |
Joseph suffered catastrophic injuries in September 1980 including 90% bodily injuries, broken pelvic bone, L-4 vertebra damage, and skull fracture with bone fragments at the base of his skull. He died three times at Saint Mary's Hospital in Yakima, Washington, somehow having traveled a quarter mile with these severe injuries. During his experience, Joseph encountered his father's parents (notably not his mother's parents) and saw his great grandfather wearing a tattered Civil War uniform. He observed a battlefield scene preparing for battle between British troops and Indians with Mohawk haircuts, with a relative on a well-kept brown and black horse. Above the battlefield scene appeared a black silhouette of a king's head with large whiskers on his chin. As Joseph stretched to see more of this figure, a blinding white light shone through the jewels in the king's crown, burning his eyes and forcing him to turn away. The scene then shifted to a garage-like doorway where hundreds of spirits streamed into the blinding white light area. Joseph experienced a pulling sensation toward a fiery area inside the tunnel of light that frightened him. He felt burning pain in his chest where doctors were using electric shock to restart his heart, feeling as if his breastbone was being pulled out. He returned to his body after these resuscitation efforts. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: The experience includes seeing deceased relatives, a tunnel of light, and multiple spirits moving toward light, consistent with biblical descriptions of the afterlife. The bright white light aligns with divine glory descriptions. The vision of historical figures and battles could represent spiritual warfare or judgment scenes. The return through medical intervention shows God's sovereignty over life and death timing. Unbiblical elements: The appearance of a king figure with crown (possibly occult symbolism), the fiery area causing fear within the tunnel (suggesting partial hell vision), and the mixing of different historical periods in visions lack clear biblical precedent. The absence of explicit Christian figures or messages despite the dramatic nature of dying three times is notable. |
1 | Hospital | 10 | 4 | 14 | Suggestive Evidence | 0 | Died three times in hospital with cardiac monitoring during severe trauma | Saw specific deceased relatives and historical figures in period clothing | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4/15/2025 | 3 | 0 | Saw deceased grandparents | 0.00 | Mixed Compatibility | 7 | |||||||||
| 563 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 566 Joyce H NDE 2114 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1joyce_h_nde.html | 1976 | 2005 | F |
Dr. Joyce Hawkes, a Ph.D. research biophysicist specializing in cell pathology and electron microscopy, was struck on the head by a leaded glass window in an oak frame while cleaning. The impact drove her to her knees, causing initial incredible pain followed by immediate separation from her body. Despite having no spiritual beliefs or knowledge of NDEs, she found herself whizzing down a dark tunnel toward a magnetic light. At the tunnel entrance, Joyce encountered her deceased mother and grandmother appearing healthy, middle-aged, and full of love, communicating telepathically with recognition and affection. She then entered a landscape of rolling hills, grass, flowers, and blue skies with intensely brilliant colors emitting light from within rather than reflecting it. Joyce found herself in the presence of a Being of Light whose face she could not see, experiencing communication through a connection of oneness beyond words. She felt profound love, deep joy, peace, awe, and belonging without judgment. Though she didn't have a specific life review, she felt everything about her life was known and understood. She was suddenly returned to her body with dried blood matting her hair. Medical evaluation revealed a brain hematoma small enough to avoid surgery, a sealed skull gash, neurological deficits including absent toe curl response and wobbliness. This experience launched her transformation from scientist to spiritual healer, leading her to leave her research lab in 1984 to pursue counseling and facilitating spiritual healing. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: The tunnel and light experience, encountering deceased loved ones in a restored state, the Being of Light (possibly representing God or Christ), the beautiful otherworldly landscape resembling paradise, and the profound sense of divine love and acceptance all align with biblical accounts. The transformation from atheist scientist to spiritual believer demonstrates the life-changing power of divine encounters. Unbiblical elements: None identified. The experience contains classic NDE elements consistent with Christian testimonies, including the loving presence that could represent God, the paradise-like setting, and the transformative spiritual awakening that followed. |
5 | Home | 5 | 15 | 27 | Strong Evidence | 7 | Head trauma with brain hematoma documented by CT scan and neurological testing | Specific descriptions of deceased relatives appearing younger and healthy, detailed landscape observations | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4/15/2025 | 2 | 1 | Mother and grandmother at tunnel entrance | 0.00 | Physician | Highly Compatible | 8 | |||||||||
| 564 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 653 John B NDE 2285 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1john_b_nde_2285.html | 1987 | 2005 | M |
John B, a journalist, underwent an angioplasty procedure in July 1987 when the wire being used to clear a blockage was too large for his small arteries. When the wire passed through the blockage, it caused total restriction of blood flow, triggering an immediate heart attack with flushing, nausea, and profuse sweating. Liquid nitroglycerin was administered as his blood pressure dropped and a nurse announced "He's going." Suddenly all pain ceased and John experienced unprecedented comfort. While conscious and aware, he felt a warm, gentle sensation as the room became bathed in a warm orange glow. He observed himself rising from the table and saw the surgeons sitting beside his body near his hip area with arms folded, intently watching the vital sign monitors while nurses stood frozen watching the same displays. John rose to a corner of the room where he stopped and observed the scene below while feeling more loved than he could describe - wrapped in a blanket of love from everything in the universe. After consciously examining these wonderful feelings of wellbeing, peace, and warmth, he reluctantly thought "Well, I had better get back down there" and returned to his body. Upon return, the loving feeling vanished and he could feel the uncomfortable table beneath him. The room returned to darkness with only green monitor glow. His cardiologist confirmed the observations John couldn't have seen from the table, though attributed the experience to powerful drugs. John remains unafraid of death, knowing it as a wonderful experience of total love, comfort, and peace. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: The out-of-body experience during clinical crisis, observation of earthly events from a spiritual vantage point, the divine orange light representing God's presence, and the overwhelming universal love align with biblical accounts of God's omnipresent love. The conscious decision to return and the transformative loss of death anxiety reflect spiritual awakening consistent with faith. Unbiblical elements: None identified. While the experience lacks explicit Christian imagery, the universal love and divine light presence are consistent with God's nature as described in scripture, particularly 1 John 4:8 "God is love." |
1 | Hospital | 10 | 15 | 35 | Exceptional Evidence | 10 | Cardiac arrest during monitored angioplasty procedure with documented vital sign crisis | Observed surgeon positions, arm placements, and room details impossible to see from table | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4/15/2025 | 2 | 1 | Surgeons sitting with arms folded watching monitors | 1.00 | Cardiologist | Highly Compatible | 6 | |||||||||
| 565 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 563 John FO NDE 2095 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1john_fo_nde.html | 1969 | 2005 | M |
John accidentally ingested hard narcotics he mistook for sleeping pills in summer 1969. As he lay down, he fell into a deep trance-like state and felt his spirit leave his body. He rose to the top of his room and looked back at his body lying on the bed before his spirit passed through the roof. From above his house, John's spirit continued ascending into space where he could observe Earth turning and galaxies in the heavens. A spiritual presence engulfed his spirit, which he felt was God, communicating that he could choose to stay or return to his body. Being young and in love, he chose to return. The experience left John with absolute certainty of an afterlife - a beautiful place characterized by great joy and peace. This fundamentally changed his religious views, perceiving the spiritual presence as far more loving and inclusive than traditionally preached, one that would never exclude anyone. John describes the experience as the most wonderful feeling, hoping to someday return to that spiritual realm in the heavens. The experience remains as fresh in his mind decades later as when it originally occurred. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: The out-of-body experience, ascension through heavenly realms, encounter with a divine presence identified as God, the choice between staying in the spiritual realm or returning to earthly life, and the transformation of beliefs about the afterlife all align with biblical accounts of spiritual experiences and God's loving nature. Unbiblical elements: The suggestion that God "would never think of excluding anyone" implies universal salvation contrary to biblical teaching about judgment and the necessity of faith. While God's love is indeed greater than human understanding, scripture maintains that acceptance of Christ is necessary for salvation. |
5 | Home | 3 | 4 | 7 | Weak Evidence | 0 | Accidental overdose of hard narcotics causing deep trance state | Observed Earth and galaxies from space, encountered divine presence | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4/15/2025 | 1 | 0 | View of Earth and galaxies from space | 0.00 | Mixed Compatibility | 7 | ||||||||||
| 566 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 555 Jorge V NDE 1113 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1jorge_v_nde.html | 1970 | 2005 | M |
Jorge went to a dentist in Cuba in 1970 for a molar extraction and received local anesthesia that triggered a fatal reaction causing cardiac arrest. He experienced clinical death, leaving his body completely with no physical sensation or awareness of his physical form. Jorge found himself floating without mass in the air within the dental office. Looking upward, he observed a brilliant light that attracted him despite its intensity. Looking downward, he saw himself in the dentist chair with the dentist frantically trying to revive him and checking for heartbeat. The dentist appeared terrified and later stated Jorge should have disclosed being a cardiac risk. The experience was characterized by feelings of abandonment, relaxation, and happiness that Jorge found difficult to describe. He wanted to remain in that condition of peaceful floating. Suddenly, he rapidly descended and re-entered his body, awakening from the marvelous sensation. The dentist confirmed he had experienced a cardiac event and criticized him for not disclosing supposed cardiac risk factors. This occurred in 1970 Cuba when little was known about NDEs, especially given limited information access. Jorge emphasizes that the peace and desire to remain in that state were the most significant aspects, though returning to his body was the worst part of the experience. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: The out-of-body experience during clinical death, the brilliant attractive light above (divine presence), observation of earthly events from a spiritual perspective, and the profound peace align with biblical accounts. The involuntary return to life demonstrates God's sovereignty over life and death timing. Unbiblical elements: None identified. The experience contains classic elements consistent with biblical near-death accounts, including separation of spirit from body, divine light, and supernatural peace. |
2 | Other | 10 | 10 | 27 | Strong Evidence | 7 | Cardiac arrest from anesthesia reaction causing clinical death | Observed dentist trying to revive him and checking for heartbeat from above | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4/15/2025 | 1 | 1 | Dentist attempting resuscitation | 1.00 | Dentist | Highly Compatible | 4 | |||||||||
| 567 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 576 Julie D NDE 2142 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1julie_d_nde.html | 2000 | 2005 | F |
Julie D experienced respiratory and cardiac arrest following internal bleeding after surgery in February 2000. She was recovering from a second surgery when breathing difficulties escalated, with medical staff desperately trying to revive her as her heart monitor alarmed. During her clinical death, she experienced an overwhelming sensation of pure love and peace, completely free from negativity or longing. She observed the medical team's frantic efforts from outside her body, feeling vibrant and alive despite her body's failure. A presence was with her during the experience, though she didn't want to return to her pain-filled body when pulled back. The experience profoundly changed her perspective - she felt guilty afterward for not missing her children while in that state of pure love, and continues searching for that perfect love she touched. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: The experience contains several elements consistent with biblical accounts - separation from the physical body (2 Corinthians 5:8), overwhelming peace and love that surpasses understanding (Philippians 4:7), awareness of a divine presence, and being sent back with unfinished purpose. The pure love she experienced aligns with descriptions of God's perfect love (1 John 4:8). Unbiblical elements: The experience led Julie to abandon her belief in Jesus Christ, stating "I no longer believe in Jesus Christ but have a faith in God that no one can take from me." This represents a significant departure from orthodox Christian theology which holds Christ as essential for salvation (John 14:6). Her guilt about not missing her children and preference to stay in that realm could be interpreted as conflicting with biblical responsibilities, though this emotional response is understandable given the overwhelming nature of divine love. |
2 | Hospital | 10 | 8 | 28 | Strong Evidence | 10 | Clear cardiac arrest and respiratory arrest documented with medical team present | Experience of observing medical team from outside body, awareness while clinically dead | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4/15/2025 | 2 | 1 | Observed medical team trying to revive her | 1.00 | Nurses and doctor | Low Compatibility | 7 | |||||||||
| 568 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 686 Kathy F NDE 2327 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1kathy_f_nde.html | 1976 | 2005 | F |
Kathy F experienced a severe medical crisis in summer 1976 involving extreme abdominal pain, vomiting, diarrhea, and dehydration that led to loss of feeling in her extremities. She was transported by ambulance and has a vestigial memory of someone pounding on her chest, suggesting cardiac arrest. During the experience, she encountered an intense light without fear, feeling completely relaxed. A figure emerged whom she identified as Jesus, consistent with a painting her grandmother had - she particularly remembered seeing the bottom of his robe, ankles and feet. She argued forcefully with this being, telling him she could not join him because she had a child to raise. The communication was telepathic rather than auditory, and she felt calm, confident, and part of the all-encompassing light. Upon waking in the hospital with an IV, she initially questioned the reality of the experience but gradually became peaceful with it, accepting it as a gift and responsibility. The experience eliminated her fear of death and granted her a sense of purpose. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: The experience includes classic biblical elements - encountering Jesus (matching traditional iconography), divine light representing God's presence, telepathic/spiritual communication consistent with how divine encounters are described, and being sent back for a purpose (raising her child). Her arguing with Jesus about returning parallels biblical figures who questioned or negotiated with God (Moses, Jonah). The overwhelming peace and unity with the light aligns with biblical descriptions of divine presence. Unbiblical elements: None identified. The experience appears fully consistent with biblical accounts of divine encounters and near-death experiences, including the reluctance to leave God's presence and being given a mission to complete on earth. |
5 | Ambulance | 7 | 6 | 15 | Moderate Evidence | 2 | Severe life-threatening illness with possible cardiac arrest, vestigial memory of chest compressions | Specific identification of Jesus figure, telepathic communication, all-encompassing light experience | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4/15/2025 | 1 | 0 | Saw Jesus figure | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 8 | ||||||||||
| 569 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 699 Katie B NDE 2373/6788 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1katie_b_nde.html | 2005 | 2005 | F |
Katie B experienced multiple organ failure in June 2005 after starting new medications for high cholesterol and diabetes. Her heart, liver, and kidneys all failed, and she was in a coma for 10 days, requiring resuscitation multiple times. She awoke in darkness believing she was dead, then saw a pinpoint of light and moved rapidly toward it. She was picked up by a being of light who radiated endless peace, joy, and compassion to her soul. The being became increasingly brighter as they ascended, stopping briefly at a gray area where God was absent (which she understood as hell), before continuing upward into increasing brightness. She reached a garden with a white picket fence but could not enter - they told her she had to return as her place wasn't ready. Despite begging to stay, she was sent back to her pain-filled body. The experience transformed her religious life - she left the Catholic Church for the Episcopal Church, feeling God loved her despite being divorced and remarried. She no longer fears death and experiences deceased loved ones visiting to say goodbye. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: The experience contains numerous biblical elements - darkness followed by divine light (John 1:5), a being of light identified as Jesus who carried her, ascending through realms (2 Corinthians 12:2), a void/gray area understood as separation from God (hell), a garden paradise with boundaries (Revelation 21), being told it wasn't her time, and experiencing perfect divine love, peace and joy. Post-experience spiritual gifts of sensing when people die aligns with spiritual discernment. Unbiblical elements: While her church change itself isn't unbiblical, her reason - believing God accepts divorce and remarriage contrary to Catholic teaching - could be seen as departing from stricter biblical interpretation. However, this reflects denominational differences rather than clear contradiction of scripture. |
1 | Hospital | 10 | 12 | 32 | Strong Evidence | 10 | Clear multiple organ failure, cardiac arrest with monitoring, resuscitated multiple times, 10-day coma | Specific details of being carried by light being, gray void area without God, garden with picket fence | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4/15/2025 | 2 | 1 | Saw light being who became increasingly bright | 0.00 | Cardiologist | Highly Compatible | 8 | |||||||||
| 570 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 596.5 Judi C NDE 2170 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1judi_c_nde.html | 1972 | 2005 | F |
Judi C experienced clinical death in 1972 during upper thoracic syndrome surgery when the anesthesiologist gave her too much anesthesia. She heard the surgeon say "Damn it, you gave her too much, you killed her." She entered a pitch-black velvet tunnel with horrible noise like a thousand trains. Emerging into more black velvet, she saw algebra equations she had struggled with in high school written in bright neon lights. A loving, all-encompassing voice told her "Judi, none of those things really mattered. You have all you need." The Lord assured her she wasn't stupid or "slow" as her family called her, explaining her spiritual education was more important than formal education. She experienced hours of profound peace and saw brilliant light brighter than the sun with soft blue colors. She felt cradled by giant hands giving her a choice to stay or return. The Lord said "I need you to raise your two sons" (she only had one at the time). The experience transformed her religious life - she left the Catholic church, was baptized in the Holy Spirit, graduated from Bible college, and entered healing ministry. She was later healed of bone cancer and has had multiple angel encounters. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: Strong biblical elements include entering God's presence through death (2 Corinthians 5:8), experiencing divine light and overwhelming peace, receiving divine affirmation and purpose, being given a prophetic message about a future son, transformation leading to Spirit-filled ministry with speaking in tongues (Acts 2), healing ministry, angelic encounters, and miraculous healing from cancer. Her childhood experiences of God's comfort during abuse align with Psalm 34:18. Unbiblical elements: None identified. Her transition from Catholicism to charismatic Christianity represents movement within orthodox Christianity. All described experiences align with biblical accounts of spiritual gifts and divine encounters. |
3 | Hospital | 7 | 14 | 31 | Strong Evidence | 10 | Surgery with documented anesthesia overdose causing clinical death | Heard specific conversation about overdose, saw neon equations, received prophecy about second son | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 4/15/2025 | 2 | 1 | Heard surgeon's comment about overdose | 1.00 | Surgeon | Highly Compatible | 9 | |||||||||
| 571 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 631 Jule L NDEs 2241/6483/287 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1jule_l_nde.html | 1974 | 2005 | M |
Jule L experienced four NDEs between 1971-1974 due to allergic reactions to dental anesthesia causing breathing cessation. His first experience was vague and frightening. The second introduced the void, tunnel, and light, but doubt caused a hellish "falling away" feeling of eternal spiritual loss. The third repeated the pattern - familiar void, tunnel, light, but again doubt triggered the terrible rejection. The fourth experience was transformative: when the light reappeared after another failed attempt, he prostrated himself asking "What can I do to be with you? How can I serve you?" He was instantly taken into the light, experiencing hysterical spiritual laughter and understanding. The dentist frantically shook him, his voice sounding like sonar that gradually cleared. After years of reflection, Jule understood the experiences as self-judgment based on ability to trust the light completely. He believes we get multiple chances, not just one. He now sees the light in everyone and follows the golden rule. The experiences guide his life decisions, removed his fear of death, and gave him purpose to help others, especially those who've had negative NDEs. His baby daughter's death was easier knowing where her spirit went. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: Multiple biblical themes emerge - the gray void as spiritual separation, light as divine presence, the necessity of faith/trust for entering God's presence (Hebrews 11:6), humility and service leading to acceptance (James 4:10), experiencing divine love and understanding, being given purpose to serve others, seeing divine light in all people (Genesis 1:27), and comfort in knowing the destination of departed souls. The "falling away" parallels biblical descriptions of separation from God. Unbiblical elements: His belief in multiple chances after death could conflict with Hebrews 9:27 "it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment." His rejection of organized religion and relativistic view that all paths may lead to God could be seen as contradicting Jesus's statement "I am the way" (John 14:6). However, his emphasis on the golden rule and seeing God's light in everyone has biblical support. |
5 | Other | 5 | 10 | 22 | Moderate Evidence | 7 | Allergic reaction causing breathing cessation during dental procedure | Multiple consistent experiences with increasing detail, prophetic understanding demonstrated | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 4/15/2025 | 1 | 1 | Heard dentist's frantic voice as sonar | 1.00 | Dentist | Mixed Compatibility | 8 | |||||||||
| 572 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 553 Julia M NDE 2120 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1julia_m_nde.html | 1965 | 2005 | 4 | F |
Julia M, age 4, experienced cardiac arrest in 1965 from an allergic reaction to penicillin following tonsillectomy. She was in a coma and taken home to die under her mother's care. During cardiac arrest lasting over an hour, she left her body and observed her mother and aunt crying while the doctor said there was nothing more he could do. She tried desperately to tell them she was well but they couldn't hear her. She then saw a beautiful white light like sunshine that didn't glare, experiencing indescribable peace - no cold, warmth, weight, pain, happiness or sadness. Approaching the light, she encountered a man radiating peace who stopped her saying "No, you cannot come in. Your time is not now yet. Get back you still have to fulfill your mission on earth." She returned to her body and woke to the doctor calling it a miracle after over an hour of cardiac arrest. The experience remains crystal clear in her memory. She developed premonitions after the experience, particularly knowing when people will die - she sensed her father's death a month before it occurred in 2004. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: The experience contains standard biblical NDE elements - separation from body during death (2 Corinthians 5:8), encountering divine light and a peaceful being (possibly angelic or divine messenger), being told she has an earthly mission to complete (Ephesians 2:10), and developing spiritual sensitivity afterward. The supernatural peace and the being's authority over life and death align with biblical descriptions of divine encounters. Unbiblical elements: While she mentions not believing in "the God that religions speak of" and believing in God "in my own way," the experience itself contains no explicitly unbiblical content. Her development of premonitions about death could be seen as a spiritual gift of discernment, which has biblical precedent. |
2 | Home | 10 | 12 | 32 | Strong Evidence | 10 | Clear cardiac arrest lasting over one hour, coma from allergic reaction, pronounced beyond help | Observed specific scene of mother, aunt crying and doctor's statement while out of body | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4/15/2025 | 2 | 1 | Saw and heard family and doctor while clinically dead | 1.00 | Doctor Pepe | Highly Compatible | 8 | ||||||||
| 573 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 542 Kim M NDE 2107 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1kim_m_nde.html | 1987 | 2005 | 82 | F |
Kim M experienced a profound NDE during emergency heart surgery complications in November 1987. One week after surgery to replace a failing aortic valve with a plastic St. Jude valve, she suffered a severe complication requiring immediate surgery to release blood collected near her heart that was preventing it from functioning. During the emergency procedure, she entered a large tunnel and saw her deceased mother standing at the end with open arms outstretched. She felt only love and peace and knew it would be sweet to go to her, but consciously chose to return, saying "Not yet. I have to finish my tasks on earth. To be with my family. I will be back later." The experience lasted only seconds from an external perspective but felt much longer subjectively. Kim reports that the experience gave her peace about death and confidence that loved ones will be there when her time comes. She feels it was a blessing and has no fear of death. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: The experience contains several elements consistent with biblical accounts: out-of-body experience during clinical crisis, passage through a tunnel structure, encounter with a deceased relative in a realm of light and peace, conscious choice to return to earthly life, and lasting spiritual transformation. The overwhelming feeling of love and peace aligns with biblical descriptions of divine presence. Unbiblical elements: None identified. The experience does not contain references to reincarnation, universal salvation, or other concepts contradictory to biblical teaching. The encounter with her deceased mother could be interpreted within biblical frameworks of the afterlife. |
3 | Hospital | 7 | 4 | 11 | Suggestive Evidence | 0 | Emergency heart surgery with general anesthesia after valve replacement complications | Out-of-body experience with tunnel and deceased mother, but no specific verifiable observations | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 4/15/2025 | 3 | 0 | Saw overhead operating room light | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 7 | |||||||||
| 574 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 612 Laura R NDE 2182 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1laura_r_nde.html | 1953 | 2005 | 5 | F |
Laura R experienced a profound NDE as a small child in 1953 while playing at the beach. She stepped into a deep hole and went underwater, struggling to reach the surface. As she ran out of air, the panic left her and she felt as if she were breathing despite being underwater. She then experienced a clear separation from her body, seeing her tiny form curled in a fetal position receding into the dark green water below. She felt euphoria as she moved toward the surface and a brilliant, shimmering light just above the water. Before she could break through the surface to reach the light, she awoke on the beach with people pumping water out of her. The experience left her with no fear of death and a consuming interest in knowing the mind of God. She reports longing for liberation from flesh and that peaceful, beatific state she experienced. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: Clear out-of-body experience during life-threatening event, movement toward divine light, overwhelming peace and euphoria replacing fear, inability to reach the light before being sent back, and lasting spiritual transformation with loss of fear of death. The brilliant light above the water suggests divine presence. Unbiblical elements: None identified. The experience contains only elements consistent with biblical accounts of near-death phenomena and divine encounters. |
5 | Other | 10 | 8 | 28 | Strong Evidence | 10 | Clinical death from drowning explicitly stated | Clear out-of-body view of own body underwater, movement toward brilliant light | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4/15/2025 | 2 | 1 | Saw own body underwater | 0.00 | Beach rescuers | Highly Compatible | 6 | ||||||||
| 575 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 636 Leo P NDE 1117 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1leo_p_nde.html | 1998 | 2005 | M |
Leo P experienced an extraordinary NDE in October 1998 after being hit by a car traveling over 30 mph. He felt electrocution then darkness, followed by being shot through a tunnel. He found himself floating hundreds of yards away over the Seine River, experiencing a strange vibrating energy he understood was life itself. He discovered he could control rapid acceleration by leaning forward, creating the tunnel effect through super-rapid movement. He encountered a powerful loving Being who showed him humor and kindness, reviewed his life memories at incredible speed, and then brought him before a glowing Being of immense love and power whom Leo now calls "My Lord." Leo was shown that intentions matter most, that divine beings are more forgiving than earthly institutions, and experienced love multiplied a hundredfold beyond earthly experience. The Being radiated limitless power and love for all humankind. After making a conscious choice to return to complete his earthly tasks, Leo re-entered his body with violence and regained consciousness on the road, with the entire experience lasting less than five seconds of earth time. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: Separation from body during life-threatening trauma, encounter with divine beings of light and love, life review showing all memories, overwhelming divine love beyond human comprehension, being brought before a supreme Being of light, conscious choice to return to complete earthly purpose, and lasting spiritual transformation with continued sense of divine presence. The emphasis on intentions over actions aligns with biblical heart-focused judgment. Unbiblical elements: The suggestion of travel to other inhabited planets and some new age terminology about vibrating energy could be seen as departing from traditional biblical cosmology, though these are minor elements in an otherwise biblically-consistent experience. |
5 | Other | 5 | 12 | 17 | Moderate Evidence | 0 | Hit by car at over 30 mph causing severe trauma | Detailed observations of Seine River, people with halos, time distortion effects | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4/15/2025 | 3 | 0 | Floating over Seine River | 0.00 | Moderately Compatible | 9 | ||||||||||
| 576 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 622 Katie NDE 2226 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1katie_nde.html | 2001 | 2005 | F |
Katie experienced a remarkable shared NDE in December 2001 when her partner Alan, located 300 miles away, collapsed from a severe allergic reaction and had to be resuscitated. While sitting at home eating tea with her grandmother, Katie suddenly "spaced out" into a different consciousness, experiencing vivid colors she cannot name and seeing a carousel. This occurred at the exact moment Alan collapsed. After Alan recovered, they discovered they had both seen the same things during his crisis. Katie describes Alan as her soul mate/twin flame whom she had dreamt of since age 3-4, knowing from childhood that she would meet this spiritual man who would become ill and that she would care for him until death, which came to pass. They shared dreams, said things simultaneously, and had numerous spiritual connections. After Alan's death, Katie experienced extensive after-death communications including waking at his moment of death, lights flickering, TVs switching on/off, and pictures moving. The shared NDE gave her a sense that everything happens for a reason and that she understood that reason during the experience. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: The concept of spiritual connection between souls, shared consciousness during crisis, movement toward divine light, overwhelming peace and enlightenment, and the sense of divine purpose in all events aligns with biblical teachings about spiritual bonds and divine providence. The after-death communications could be interpreted within biblical frameworks of spiritual presence. Unbiblical elements: The soul mate/twin flame concept and predestined romantic connection from childhood dreams reflects new age beliefs more than biblical teaching. The extensive after-death communications and ongoing spiritual contact with the deceased, while comforting, diverge from traditional biblical views of death and the afterlife. |
6 | Home | 1 | 10 | 21 | Moderate Evidence | 10 | Shared NDE during partner's medical crisis 300 miles away | Identical visions of colors and carousel confirmed by both parties | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4/15/2025 | 2 | 1 | Vivid unnamed colors | 1.00 | Alan (partner) | Mixed Compatibility | 6 | |||||||||
| 577 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 625 Kaylyn K NDE 2235 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1kaylyn_k_nde.html | 2000 | 2005 | F |
Kaylyn K experienced an NDE in December 2000 during life-threatening medical crisis involving renal failure, congestive heart failure, and respiratory failure while on a ventilator in the ICU. During five days of unconsciousness, she perceived no wall in the ICU but instead saw blue people and trees that formed a barrier. Beyond this barrier, she could see ladies in bright white dresses laughing and throwing snow, one of whom was her deceased grandmother Bessie. Despite repeatedly trying to cross through the blue trees to reach the joyful scene, she was prevented from passing through. She was always floating above her bed during the experience. The blue trees and people consistently blocked her attempts to reach the other side where her grandmother waited. The experience left her without fear of death, understanding that dying is pleasant. She remained unconscious of real-world events for five days but retained vivid memories of the blue barrier and the bright white-dressed figures beyond. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: Encounter with deceased relative (grandmother Bessie), barrier preventing crossing to the afterlife, bright white clothing suggesting purity/heaven, floating out-of-body experience during medical crisis, and resulting peace about death. The barrier preventing premature entry into the afterlife aligns with biblical concepts of appointed times. Unbiblical elements: None identified. The unusual imagery of blue trees and people as barriers is unique but not contradictory to biblical teaching. |
4 | Hospital | 5 | 6 | 11 | Suggestive Evidence | 0 | ICU with renal, heart, and respiratory failure on ventilator | Saw deceased grandmother and otherworldly barrier of blue trees | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | On ventilator | 4/15/2025 | 2 | 0 | Blue trees and people barrier | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 5 | |||||||||
| 578 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 572 Khadija H NDE 2137 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1khadija_h_nde.html | 1992 | 2005 | F |
Khadija H experienced a profound NDE in 1992 while working with a film crew in Egypt. Despite having a bad feeling about riding an unfamiliar horse, she ignored her intuition. The horse became spooked in the desert and ran away with her toward a huge ditch. After saying "I cannot breathe," she found herself high above her body looking down at people around her, then turned away and felt light and happy. She could see the Sphinx below and witnessed another level of existence opening up, similar to scenes from the movie "Ghost." Many beings came to meet her and told her she could either come or return, but would suffer great pain if she returned. She chose to return, believing she had something to accomplish. While in a coma, she heard the film crew crying and calling her name, and later heard the doctor say they didn't know if she would survive. She experienced a peaceful, womblike comfort zone during the coma. Upon awakening with severe headache, she had heightened awareness and could sense the higher being or angel in everyone who entered the room. The experience left her with no fear of death and filled with love for humanity. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: Out-of-body experience during life-threatening trauma, encounter with spiritual beings, given choice about returning to life, peaceful intermediate state during coma, heightened spiritual perception after recovery seeing the divine in others, loss of fear of death, and increased love for humanity. The vision of beings of light and another dimension aligns with biblical descriptions of spiritual realms. Unbiblical elements: None explicitly identified, though the reference to the movie "Ghost" for comparison might suggest some new age interpretation of the experience. |
4 | Other | 5 | 8 | 13 | Suggestive Evidence | 0 | Severe concussion and coma from being thrown from horse | Saw Sphinx from above, other dimension opening, multiple beings | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4/15/2025 | 3 | 0 | Floating above body in desert | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 8 | ||||||||||
| 579 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 550 Lisa S NDE 1071 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1lisa_s_nde.html | 2000 | 2005 | F |
Lisa overdosed on heroin and was brought to the hospital by friends who left her at the reception desk. She was clinically dead on arrival with no heartbeat or respiration. Medical staff worked urgently to revive her. During the experience, Lisa felt herself rushing through hospital halls at great speed with an unseen companion who urged her to hurry. They entered the room through a wall where she saw her body on a table with three medical staff working frantically on her. The sight horrified her and she realized she was dead. Fear caused her to "jump" back into her body - she described it as the reverse of "jumping out of your skin." She heard doctors telling her to wake up and sat up, with the doctor saying how lucky she was to finally respond. The experience led her to quit drugs and seek help for addiction. She gained a strong belief in life after death and feels freed from strictly Christian beliefs to explore broader spirituality. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: The experience contains several elements consistent with biblical accounts of NDEs including an out-of-body experience where consciousness separates from the physical body, the presence of an unseen companion or guide who accompanies the experiencer, and a return to the physical body. The urgent nature of the companion and the ability to see one's own body being worked on aligns with accounts of spiritual separation. The transformation afterward - quitting drugs and seeking help - reflects the life-changing nature often associated with divine interventions. Unbiblical elements: The narrative mentions becoming "more open" spiritually and moving away from strictly Christian beliefs to explore "Nature based spirituality" and looking into "anything I want to." This shift toward universalist or New Age beliefs, including the statement about believing in "a God, but not necessarily a Christian God," represents a departure from biblical orthodoxy which affirms one true God revealed through Scripture. |
2 | Hospital | 10 | 8 | 18 | Moderate Evidence | 0 | Clinically dead on arrival with no heartbeat or respiration documented | Specific observation of three medical staff working on her body, awareness of hospital location | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4/15/2025 | 2 | 0 | Saw her body on the table | 0.00 | Low Compatibility | 6 | ||||||||||
| 580 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 685 Lisa S NDE 2329 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1lisa_s_nde_2329.html | 2002 | 2005 | F |
Lisa was taken to the emergency room by ambulance due to difficulty breathing from a possible allergic reaction to medications. She awoke in the ER surrounded by many panicking doctors and nurses trying frantically to determine what was wrong. Despite their panic, she remained remarkably calm. When she finally began to speak at their insistence, she heard her breath "whoosh" out of her and suddenly felt no pain, pressure, or panic. She instantly found herself before many deceased family members, only two of whom she recognized from earthly life. She felt overwhelming peace and their all-encompassing unconditional love. Her father, who died 26 years earlier, appeared before her, pouring unconditional love through his eyes. Her twin brother who had committed suicide six months earlier appeared as a yellow misty substance flowing toward her. As she awaited his form to change, she suddenly felt her fiancé's body sobbing on her, bringing back all the excruciating pain. She felt intense anger toward him for interrupting the experience. The experience gave her a "knowing" rather than just faith in God and led to significant relationship changes. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: The experience contains classic biblical NDE elements including separation from the physical body during a life-threatening medical crisis, encounters with deceased family members in a peaceful realm, and the communication of pure unconditional love without words. The overwhelming sense of peace and the presence of deceased relatives aligns with biblical concepts of the afterlife where believers are reunited. The transformative nature of the experience, moving from "faith" to "knowing," reflects the profound spiritual impact described in Scripture. Unbiblical elements: None identified. The experiencer describes becoming "spiritual as opposed to religious" but doesn't indicate any specific unbiblical beliefs or practices. The shift from faith to "knowing" and the emphasis on spirituality over religion, while potentially concerning, doesn't explicitly contradict biblical teachings. |
5 | Hospital | 7 | 2 | 9 | Weak Evidence | 0 | Stopped breathing in emergency room due to allergic reaction | No specific veridical observations reported | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4/15/2025 | 0 | 0 | Highly Compatible | 6 | ||||||||||||
| 581 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 567 Lori C NDE 2129 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1lori_c_nde.html | 1977 | 2005 | F |
Lori, struggling with heroin addiction, took too many withdrawal medication pills and blacked out. Her boyfriend carried her to the emergency room where she was declared critical and might not survive. She was transferred to LA County Hospital due to lack of insurance. In her NDE, she found herself in a total blackness void - suspended, alone, in complete silence. Her mind worked perfectly and she realized she was dead. She heard no heartbeat or breathing but felt no fear and no need to breathe. Eventually, she felt a hand in the middle of her back pushing her forward toward a tiny pinhole of light. She accelerated toward the light which grew larger, hearing muffled voices like a crowd. Then she suddenly opened her eyes in the hospital bed. The experience led her to quit drugs and changed her spiritual beliefs to encompass multiple traditions including God, Wicca, and goddess worship. She interprets the void as possibly purgatory - a warning about where continued drug use might lead. She has no fear of death but hopes not to return to the void. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: The experience of darkness or void aligns with some biblical descriptions of separation from God or spiritual darkness. The presence of a guiding hand pushing her toward light could represent divine intervention or angelic assistance. The transformative effect leading to freedom from drug addiction reflects the life-changing power of spiritual encounters. The interpretation of the void as a warning about the consequences of destructive behavior has parallels to biblical warnings about sin's consequences. Unbiblical elements: Post-experience beliefs embracing Wicca, goddess worship, and the statement "I believe in many things, God, Wicca, goddess, I try to learn from all things. I believe that in some way they are all one" directly contradicts biblical monotheism and the First Commandment. The syncretistic approach treating all spiritual paths as equally valid opposes biblical teachings about one true God and salvation through Christ alone. |
5 | Hospital | 5 | 2 | 7 | Weak Evidence | 0 | Drug overdose, critical condition, might not survive | No veridical observations, void experience only | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4/15/2025 | 0 | 0 | Incompatible | 5 | ||||||||||||
| 582 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 607 Lorraine W NDE 2192 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1lorraine_w_nde.html | 1993 | 2005 | F |
Lorraine was in a car accident where both she and the driver were shot in a criminal attack. In the hospital, she suddenly felt unable to breathe and saw her body while floating above it. She entered a dark room or tunnel and saw a bright light. Her entire life flashed before her eyes, initially causing fear and unease, but then she felt peace. She heard a voice calling her name, first softly then louder, trying to convey a blurred message. She saw a blurry image of a non-human being. Suddenly she felt a pulling sensation and was back in her body. She had been clinically dead for an entire hour. The experience transformed her life completely - she even became a doctor to investigate the possibility of NDEs. She describes herself as blessed by the experience and reports stronger relationships afterward. Despite being an atheist before and after, she gained understanding about the universe and describes the experience as magical and wonderful. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: The experience contains many classic biblical NDE elements including out-of-body experience, passing through a tunnel toward light, life review, encountering a mysterious being, and hearing a voice calling her name. The transformative nature leading to positive life changes and stronger relationships aligns with spiritual renewal. The sense of understanding everything about the universe reflects receiving divine knowledge or wisdom. Unbiblical elements: Remaining atheist despite the profound spiritual experience contradicts the biblical expectation that encountering the divine would lead to faith in God. The description of the being as "non-human" without any recognition of it as divine, angelic, or spiritual suggests a non-theistic interpretation of what many would consider a divine encounter. |
5 | Hospital | 5 | 2 | 7 | Weak Evidence | 0 | Shot in criminal attack, dead for an hour | No specific veridical observations reported | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4/15/2025 | 0 | 0 | Low Compatibility | 9 | ||||||||||||
| 583 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 545 Leslie M NDE 1067 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1leslie_m_nde.html | 1967 | 2005 | F |
Leslie hemorrhaged for approximately twelve hours, ten days after childbirth due to infection. During a slow injection by a nurse, she felt "light" and heard the nurse asking for her name from far away. She felt herself leave her body as if sucked by a vacuum from the top of her head. She sped through a dark tunnel upward toward a light, hearing bells tinkling. Near the light, she became conscious of a being welcoming her as if she had been awaited for a long time with love. Three beings on her right communicated telepathically without speaking. When asked if she wanted to stay, she said yes because it felt like finally coming home. However, they communicated that her time was not over and she had more to do. She was sent backward through the tunnel, getting heavier as the bells became bongs. Upon return, eight nurses and doctors surrounded her with shock blocks trying to get a blood line into her collapsed veins. The experience opened psychic channels, led her to study astrology, and removed all fear of death. She knows her deceased loved ones are free and waiting for reunion. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: The experience contains multiple biblical elements including separation from body during near-death, traveling through darkness toward divine light, encountering welcoming spiritual beings who communicate telepathically, being told her earthly mission is incomplete (similar to Paul's experience), and the complete removal of death's fear. The sense of being welcomed home with love aligns with biblical promises of God's love and eternal dwelling. The transformative effects and awareness of deceased loved ones waiting reflects biblical hope of resurrection and reunion. Unbiblical elements: The post-experience turn to astrology for spiritual guidance directly contradicts biblical prohibitions against divination and astrology (Deuteronomy 18:10-12, Isaiah 47:13-14). While she mentions talking to "guides and angels," the practice of astrology as a spiritual gift opposes Scripture's warnings against such practices. |
5 | Hospital | 5 | 2 | 7 | Weak Evidence | 0 | Hemorrhage for 12 hours, lost for 4-5 minutes | No specific veridical observations documented | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4/15/2025 | 0 | 0 | Moderately Compatible | 8 | ||||||||||||
| 584 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 680 Lira P NDE 2306 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1lira_p_nde.html | 1995 | 2005 | F |
Lira experienced pulmonary edema and multiple cardiac arrests. She felt increasing lack of air and couldn't enter the ambulance even sitting. At the hospital, she experienced a cone-shaped tunnel with walls of pleasant gray clouds. Inside was very clear with white light. She slowly ascended and at the widest part saw a lovely green field with a wooden fence. Behind the fence were many people including a deceased relative and surprisingly, someone still living. When she approached the fence, some people joined hands forming an enormous elastic gray hand with white rays that pushed her back. This happened five or six times. Her deceased relative was unhappy about the situation and didn't help push her back, unlike the living person who did help. One person smiled at her but she couldn't identify them. Throughout the experience she felt no pain, only softness in the tunnel and great well-being. She was left with the sensation that dying is good and gained certainty that all who pass on are at peace. The experience made her more self-controlled and gave her peace about death, knowing she will one day be okay and peaceful. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: The experience contains several biblical elements including passage through a tunnel toward divine light, encountering deceased loved ones in a beautiful pastoral setting reminiscent of paradise, and being sent back to complete earthly life. The wooden fence as a boundary between life and death parallels biblical imagery of separation between earthly and heavenly realms. The peace, well-being, and certainty about the afterlife align with biblical promises of eternal peace for believers. Unbiblical elements: The presence of a living person among the deceased in the afterlife realm contradicts biblical teaching about the clear separation between the living and dead until resurrection. This suggests either confusion in perception or a non-biblical understanding of the afterlife where living and dead can mingle in the same spiritual realm. |
1 | Hospital | 10 | 6 | 16 | Moderate Evidence | 0 | Multiple cardiac arrests documented with pulmonary edema | Recognized specific deceased relative and living person in otherworldly setting | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4/15/2025 | 1 | 0 | Saw deceased relative and living person | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 6 | ||||||||||
| 585 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 594 Marie-Claire NDE 1094 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1marie_claire_nde.html | 1981 | 2005 | F |
Marie-Claire attempted suicide by taking anti-depressants and was in intensive care for ten days in a coma. During this time, she experienced an out-of-body experience where she found herself drawn to a corner of the room, observing everything occurring as a spectator. She then entered a tunnel illuminated by an extremely dazzling light. She hesitated about going back when a very soft voice told her to return. After awakening with a chaplain beside her, she experienced profound changes in her life perspective. She lost all fear of death and gained enhanced intuition and sensitivity. The experience fundamentally changed her vision of death and life priorities. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: The experience contains several elements consistent with biblical accounts including an out-of-body experience where consciousness separates from the physical body, a tunnel passage reminiscent of transitional spaces between realms, and an encounter with a divine or authoritative voice providing guidance. The dazzling light she encountered aligns with biblical descriptions of divine light and glory. Her hesitation and ultimate return to life following divine instruction parallels biblical accounts of those given second chances at life. Unbiblical elements: None identified. The experience lacks any explicitly unbiblical content such as reincarnation references, universalist salvation claims, or occult practices. |
5 | Hospital | 5 | 6 | 11 | Suggestive Evidence | 0 | Suicide attempt with coma - other life-threatening condition documented | OBE observation of room, tunnel experience, but limited specific verifiable details | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4/15/2025 | 2 | 0 | Out-of-body view of hospital room | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 7 | ||||||||||
| 586 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 696 Marietta S NDE 21000 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1marietta_s_nde.html | 1959 | 2005 | 3 | F |
At age three, Marietta fell backwards from a hayloft onto cement, landing on her head and neck. She immediately left her body and observed from above as her siblings rushed to help her. She felt no pain while out of body, describing herself as feeling like an angel. She was aware of a loving presence holding her, someone who loved her even more than her family. This presence was identified as Jesus, who told her He would always be with her and would show her things throughout her life. She experienced profound peace and happiness during the OBE. Upon returning to her body, she felt pain. The experience gave her lifelong awareness of Jesus's presence and various psychic gifts including premonitions and knowledge of when people need help. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: Strong biblical compatibility with out-of-body experience, encounter with Jesus Christ specifically identified, divine communication and commission, angelic sensations, and lasting spiritual gifts. The presence of Jesus providing comfort and guidance aligns perfectly with biblical descriptions of Christ's nature. The commission to help others and love them reflects Christ's teachings. The prophetic gifts and spiritual sensitivity that developed afterward align with biblical spiritual gifts. Unbiblical elements: None identified. All elements align with orthodox Christian theology. |
5 | Other | 5 | 8 | 13 | Suggestive Evidence | 0 | Severe head trauma from fall - life-threatening for young child | Specific OBE observations of family reactions, awareness of Jesus presence | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4/15/2025 | 1 | 0 | Viewing accident scene from above | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 7 | |||||||||
| 587 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 709 Marinda G NDE 2388 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1marinda_g_nde.html | 2001 | 2005 | F |
Marinda underwent a hysterectomy that resulted in intestinal perforation and slow poisoning of her body. While critically ill in the hospital, she experienced leaving her body and drifting over valleys where she could clearly see aloe plants below, then over beach and ocean, finally arriving above the clouds. The sky was beautiful and clear with clouds forming a white floor. She encountered a moving sunray like a spotlight and heard female voices singing that it wasn't her time. She experienced overwhelming peace, joy, and lightness - comparing her earthly body weight to a five-ton elephant. She asked God about her purpose and was told to "find joy and spread joy." Two months later, through her husband's unexpected attendance at a disciples course, God confirmed this message more specifically as finding joy in Him and spreading it. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: The experience includes classic biblical elements of out-of-body travel through earthly and heavenly realms, encounter with divine light and angelic voices, receiving divine purpose and commission, overwhelming peace and joy consistent with God's presence. The later confirmation through her husband's independent spiritual experience demonstrates ongoing divine guidance. The message to find joy in God aligns with biblical teachings. Unbiblical elements: None identified. The experience maintains biblical orthodoxy throughout. |
5 | Hospital | 5 | 10 | 15 | Moderate Evidence | 0 | Intestinal perforation during surgery, life-threatening poisoning | Detailed observations of landscape features, specific divine communication | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4/15/2025 | 2 | 0 | Journey over earthly landscapes | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 8 | ||||||||||
| 588 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 737 Lou F NDE 2422/70 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1lou_f_nde.html | 1963 | 2005 | 21 | M |
Lou, a 21-year-old Navy serviceman, crashed his Mustang at over 100mph, experiencing nine barrel rolls. He suffered massive head trauma with a hole in his skull and severe blood loss. During emergency surgery, he was pronounced dead but experienced an extensive NDE. He observed his surgery from above, traveled through a tunnel with religious figures, underwent a life review, and encountered a Being of Light identified as God. He met the angels Michael and Gabriel, saw five orbs representing his future children, and received visions of future world events including wars, natural disasters, and Earth changes. He toured the universe with Michael, witnessed other inhabited planets, and received messages about humanity's future and the coming "Gathering." After seven days in coma, he miraculously recovered with rapid healing that astounded doctors. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: Extensive biblical content including encounters with God as Being of Light, angels Michael and Gabriel explicitly named, prophetic visions of future events, life review, commission as God's soldier, universe as God's creation with multiple inhabited worlds. The transformative effects and miraculous healing align with divine intervention. Unbiblical elements: Some elements require careful interpretation - the universal scope suggesting all beings are "pieces of the platter" could imply universalism if not properly understood as all creation belonging to God. The description of reincarnation-like "orbs entering creatures" on other planets is concerning but may represent angelic activity rather than reincarnation. |
2 | Hospital | 10 | 20 | 40 | Exceptional Evidence | 10 | Cardiac arrest, pronounced dead, massive blood loss and head trauma | Extremely detailed OBE observations, prophetic visions, impossible knowledge | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4/15/2025 | 5 | 1 | Observed emergency room procedures | 1.00 | Corpsman | Moderately Compatible | 9 | ||||||||
| 589 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 713 Marcia LS NDE 2375 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1marcia_ls_nde.html | 1955 | 2005 | 12 | F |
At age 12, Marcia drowned in a hotel swimming pool in Brazil when she fell into the deep end. After going under several times, she lost consciousness and experienced a 360-degree life review movie that went backward from the present to her birth, including all sensations, smells, and tastes. She then traveled through a spinning tunnel made of color-changing clouds toward a golden, embracing light. A hooded figure told her she wasn't supposed to be there but could continue if she wished. When shown her family in despair below and her blue body by the pool, she chose to return. She was deaf for fifteen days afterward and dreamed of the hooded figure nightly for three years, who became her spiritual guide. The experience eliminated her fear of death and led her to study physics and psychology. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: The experience includes a comprehensive life review, tunnel passage to divine light, encounter with a spiritual guide figure, choice to return, and lasting transformative effects. The hooded figure's ongoing presence as a guide could represent angelic guardianship. The elimination of death fear aligns with biblical promises of eternal life. Unbiblical elements: The presenter identifies as an atheist both before and after the experience, which contradicts the biblical requirement of faith. While the experience had spiritual elements, it did not lead to belief in God, suggesting the spiritual interpretation may be non-theistic. |
5 | Other | 5 | 10 | 15 | Moderate Evidence | 0 | Drowning with cardiac and respiratory arrest | Detailed life review with all sensations, tunnel and light experience | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4/15/2025 | 1 | 0 | 360-degree life review and family observation | 0.00 | Low Compatibility | 9 | |||||||||
| 590 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 558 Maria C NDE 20740 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1maria_c_nde.html | 1986 | 2005 | F |
Maria, a healthcare worker, was stabbed by a paranoid schizophrenic patient in 1986, suffering wounds to her first and second intercostal spaces. She lost over three units of blood and experienced a mediastinal shift. During surgery, she found herself in an L-shaped room with a being in a light robe with a white beard who told her to wait. She saw a golden light emanating from an arched doorway made of stone blocks, leading to a tunnel. The light was alive and she recognized it as God's presence, feeling enveloped by pure love, nurturing, and reassurance. She knew the tunnel led to Heaven and felt complete safety and peace. After a time, the being returned and showed her to a fire door through which she returned to her body, experiencing immediate pain from a migrated chest tube that had injured her diaphragm. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: The experience powerfully depicts encounter with God's living presence as golden light, bringing perfect love and peace consistent with biblical descriptions. The waiting room suggests an intermediate state, the tunnel to Heaven aligns with passage to eternal life, and the bearded figure could represent an angel or patriarch. The complete trust and safety in God's presence reflects biblical promises. Unbiblical elements: None identified. The experience maintains complete biblical orthodoxy with powerful depiction of God's love and presence. |
5 | Hospital | 10 | 12 | 22 | Moderate Evidence | 0 | Stabbing with massive blood loss, mediastinal shift, clinical emergency | Specific awareness of golden light as God, tunnel structure details, return mechanism | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4/15/2025 | 1 | 0 | L-shaped waiting room and tunnel entrance | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 8 | ||||||||||
| 591 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 560 Mark J NDE 2126 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1mark_j_nde.html | 1979 | 1979-12-17 | 2005 | 17 | M |
On December 17, 1979, seventeen-year-old Mark was involved in a severe car accident when his friend's jeep slid on ice and crashed into a telephone pole, crushing Mark between the vehicle and the pole. He sustained massive trauma including a dislocated shoulder, broken bones, collapsed lung, and internal hemorrhaging. Mark stopped breathing at the accident scene and was clinically dead for several minutes before paramedics revived him. During his clinical death, Mark experienced leaving his body through his last breath, observing the scene from above the ceiling. He saw his grotesquely injured body on the sofa with his shoulder dislocated to the center of his chest. He witnessed the paramedics working frantically to save him, cutting off his new jacket and attempting resuscitation. His perspective shifted as he felt drawn upward through the ceiling and into a storm, experiencing a profound sense of returning to a familiar place of origin. Mark found himself on a beautiful road as a young boy with a hobo stick, encountering both familiar and unfamiliar people. He experienced a comprehensive life review where he felt not only his own emotions but also the pain and grief his death would cause others, particularly his mother. A telepathic presence asked if he wanted to stay or return. The overwhelming grief he sensed from his mother influenced his decision to return, despite the perfect peace and love he experienced in that realm. Upon returning, Mark awoke to extreme pain with an oxygen mask on his face and the paramedic repeatedly telling him not to go back to sleep. The experience permanently transformed his understanding of life, death, and the connection between all things. He later underwent multiple surgeries and a long recovery, during which he had additional spiritual experiences. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: The experience contains several elements consistent with biblical accounts including an out-of-body experience, encountering other beings in a different realm, experiencing a life review with moral awareness, and having a choice about returning to life. The overwhelming love and peace he experienced aligns with descriptions of divine presence. The telepathic communication with a loving presence and the sense of returning to a place of origin resonates with biblical concepts of humanity's spiritual nature and divine home. Unbiblical elements: While the experience doesn't contain explicitly anti-biblical elements, the absence of specific references to Jesus Christ, judgment in a biblical sense, or clear heaven/hell distinctions differs from orthodox Christian theology. The concept of choosing whether to return to life based on earthly concerns rather than divine will, and the emphasis on universal connection of all atoms and beings, leans toward a more universalist spiritual framework than traditional biblical teaching. |
5 | Home | 10 | 18 | 38 | Exceptional Evidence | 10 | Clinical death documented - stopped breathing, paramedics performed resuscitation | Multiple specific observations of his body, paramedics actions, and environmental details from outside perspective | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4/15/2025 | 3 | 1 | Saw own injured body from above | 1.00 | Tahoe City Fire Department paramedics | Moderately Compatible | 9 | |||||||
| 592 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 554 Mary P NDE 1086 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1mary_p_nde.html | 1993 | 2005 | F |
Mary P experienced a near-death event in 1993 when she accidentally suffocated under blankets while sleeping with air conditioning on strong. She had placed her head under the covers, cutting off her air supply, which led to respiratory and cardiac failure. She describes this as making an NDE through accidental suffocation in her bedroom in the French West Indies. During the experience, Mary found herself viewing her body from a position against the ceiling, observing herself lying on the bed with her eyes closed. Notably, when she regained consciousness, her head was under the covers, but in her out-of-body observation, she saw herself without the covers over her head. She then experienced traveling through a dark light channel or tunnel toward a blinding light at the end. A male voice from the light asked her to make a choice between staying or returning to Earth, cryptically asking if she wanted to "become wood shaving." She experienced absolute happiness and a state of grace, feeling weightless as if her soul was flying in the air. She felt she was at the threshold of something even better to come. When she realized the question meant whether she wanted to die, she chose to live and suddenly awoke gasping for breath, removing the covers and realizing she had been dangerously close to suffocating. Mary told her mother about the experience, who dismissed it as hallucinations from oxygen deprivation to the brain. The experience left Mary questioning the nature of what she experienced and wondering about cultural influences, noting she had heard that Christians see tunnels and light while others might see different things. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: The experience contains several biblical elements including an out-of-body experience where the soul separates from the physical body, traveling through a tunnel or channel toward a brilliant light, encountering what appears to be a divine or authoritative voice, and being given a choice about life and death. The feelings of absolute happiness, weightlessness, and being in a state of grace align with biblical descriptions of spiritual experiences and the peace that comes from divine presence. Unbiblical elements: None identified. While the experience doesn't explicitly mention God, Jesus, or use biblical terminology, nothing in the account contradicts biblical teaching. The mysterious phrasing about "wood shaving" is unusual but not inherently unbiblical. |
5 | Home | 5 | 8 | 13 | Suggestive Evidence | 0 | Life-threatening suffocation with heart failure mentioned but no medical documentation | Single specific observation of body from ceiling perspective with notable detail about head position | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4/15/2025 | 1 | 0 | Saw body from ceiling perspective | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 6 | ||||||||||
| 593 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 605 Mary S NDE 2190 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1mary_s_nde.html | 1984 | 2005 | 12 | F |
In 1984, twelve-year-old Mary experienced a life-threatening emergency in the recovery room following appendix removal surgery. Something went wrong after the operation, causing her blood pressure to drop drastically. She was in the University Hospital's coronary care unit when the crisis occurred. The medical team scrambled to contact the surgeon while a nurse prepared the defibrillator to restart her heart. Mary's mother reported that her eyes rolled back showing only the whites. During the crisis, Mary experienced leaving her body after telling her mother "Bye, I'm going" and feeling cold air blow through her ears touching her soul. She felt herself rising like a piece of paper going higher, losing her eyesight but gaining enhanced other senses. Two male beings appeared at her sides, explaining they would guide her to a point where she would continue alone. They informed her she was very sick and her mother was crying, though Mary felt wonderful. Mary encountered a playground area filled with children of all ages - laughing, running, and cooing babies - protected by tall, strong men at the corners who prevented anyone from entering or leaving. When told the children's parents were "asleep," she understood this had spiritual meaning. The beings revealed she had received two spiritual gifts: speaking different languages and knowledge of past and future events. They tested these abilities, and she could speak unfamiliar languages and knew precise details about her mother's birth and death dates. Continuing forward, Mary entered a gray misty dimension filled with echoing voices exclaiming "She's here, she made it!" She was blinded by green, gold, copper, and white colors while hearing loud and soft music simultaneously. An echoing male voice asked if she was ready to die. Initially saying yes due to the overwhelming love, she reconsidered her unlived life and said no. The voice responded "Very well, let it be written, let it be done." She felt grabbed from behind and slammed back into her body, opening her eyes to see a nurse preparing the defibrillator. Her spiritual gifts were removed upon return. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: The experience strongly aligns with biblical themes including guardian beings (angels), children having special status in the afterlife ("suffer little children to come unto me"), spiritual gifts mentioned in Corinthians, and an authoritative voice making divine pronouncements. The phrase "let it be written, let it be done" echoes biblical language about the Book of Life. The overwhelming love and joy reflect God's presence, and the protected children's area aligns with Jesus's teachings about children and the kingdom of heaven. Unbiblical elements: The concept of temporary spiritual gifts that are removed upon return doesn't align with biblical teaching about spiritual gifts being given by the Holy Spirit for earthly ministry. The idea of parents being "asleep" while children play could suggest soul sleep, which some consider unbiblical. Knowledge of future death dates ventures into divination territory, which scripture warns against. |
1 | Hospital | 10 | 15 | 35 | Exceptional Evidence | 10 | Clear medical emergency in hospital recovery room with nurse preparing defibrillator, blood pressure crisis documented | Multiple specific observations including seeing parents, awareness of nurse preparing equipment, impossible perspective | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4/15/2025 | 2 | 1 | Saw parents at foot of bed | 1.00 | Recovery room nurse | Highly Compatible | 7 | ||||||||
| 594 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 614 Matthjis vH NDE 2199 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1matthjis_vh_nde.html | 2005 | 2005-04-17 | 2005 | M |
On April 17, 2005, Matthjis, who had been diabetic for three years, experienced the worst hypoglycemic episode of his life. He woke during the night with dangerously low blood sugar and could barely walk. After eating something sweet and going to the refrigerator for a drink, everything went black before his eyes. He collapsed unconscious on his abdomen beside the refrigerator. Though the experience felt like only 20-30 seconds to him, the clock showed he had been unconscious for at least one hour. During his unconscious state, Matthjis experienced a classic out-of-body experience, viewing himself from above in a bird's eye perspective. He saw his body lying on his abdomen next to the refrigerator exactly as it was positioned. The most striking aspect of his experience was the dramatic enhancement of visual perception - colors were incredibly intense, bright, clear, and pure in a way that defied normal description. He experienced massive peacefulness with absolute silence, a silence so complete he could not define it in words. Matthjis felt intense happiness and joy with no fear whatsoever during the experience. He then felt himself slowly descending back toward his body and suddenly returned to consciousness. He found himself lying next to the refrigerator exactly as he had seen from above, struggled to get up due to exhaustion, and slowly walked back to his bedroom. The experience did not change his religious views - he was not a believer before and states the experience made it even clearer to him that heaven, hell, God, and Christ do not exist. Despite this interpretation, he acknowledges the reality of the experience, noting he had his normal thought process throughout. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: The experience contains the fundamental biblical element of the spirit/soul separating from the physical body, consistent with ecclesiastes "the spirit returns to God who gave it." The intense, pure colors and overwhelming peace could represent glimpses of heavenly reality described in Revelation. The joy and absence of fear align with being in divine presence. The bird's eye view demonstrates consciousness existing independent of the physical brain, supporting the biblical view of humans as body and spirit. Unbiblical elements: The experiencer explicitly rejects God and Christ, stating the experience confirmed his atheistic worldview. This interpretation directly contradicts biblical teaching that such experiences would lead one toward God, not away. His conclusion that the experience proves heaven and hell don't exist opposes core Christian doctrine. While the experience itself contains biblical elements, his interpretation is fundamentally anti-biblical. |
5 | Home | 5 | 10 | 15 | Moderate Evidence | 0 | Life-threatening hypoglycemia with prolonged unconsciousness documented | Single specific observation with remarkable detail about body position and enhanced color perception | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4/15/2025 | 1 | 0 | Saw body from above | 0.00 | Low Compatibility | 4 | |||||||||
| 595 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 591 Marita G NDE 1115 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1marita_g_nde.html | 2005 | F |
Marita experienced a life-threatening respiratory crisis when her lungs became swollen, likely from an allergic reaction. Unable to lie on her back and without asthma medication available, she went to bed with severe breathing difficulties. She fell asleep despite barely being able to breathe fully, entering a state where her life was in danger from respiratory failure. During the experience, Marita found herself observing her body from an out-of-body perspective. She witnessed someone performing what appeared to be CPR, pressing down on her lungs to help her breathe. Her head was being held up sideways with an arm around her neck on the side she was lying on. She felt rough pressures down her back and saw two hands pressing on her back simultaneously, describing them as thin brown hands belonging to someone wearing a light blue shirt. She recognized this helper as someone who had passed away long ago, suggesting she was being aided by a deceased person during her crisis. The rough pressure and pushing continued until she woke up, still unable to breathe properly but conscious again. She believes this intervention saved her life during the respiratory emergency. Marita reports that since this experience, she has developed enhanced psychic abilities, receiving signs about people she's about to meet and information about future events in her life and the lives of others. She sees these premonitions while asleep, and they consistently come true. She now takes medication for her asthma to prevent future episodes. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: The experience aligns with biblical accounts of divine intervention through spiritual beings, possibly an angel in the form of a familiar person. The Bible describes angels ministering to humans in times of crisis (Hebrews 1:14). The out-of-body experience supports the biblical view of humans as both body and spirit. The development of prophetic abilities afterward could parallel biblical accounts of spiritual gifts, though the context differs from scriptural examples. Unbiblical elements: The appearance of a deceased person actively helping contradicts biblical teaching that the dead do not return to intervene in earthly affairs (Luke 16:26). The development of generalized psychic abilities and fortune-telling capabilities conflicts with biblical warnings against divination and mediumship (Deuteronomy 18:10-12). While God gives prophetic gifts, the broad predictive abilities described here seem more aligned with occult practices than biblical prophecy. |
5 | Home | 3 | 8 | 11 | Suggestive Evidence | 0 | Life-threatening respiratory failure from swollen lungs, severity unclear | Two specific observations including detailed description of helper and physical sensations | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4/15/2025 | 2 | 0 | Saw helper performing CPR | 0.00 | Low Compatibility | 5 | |||||||||||
| 596 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 600 Mark H NDE 2175 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1mark_h_nde.html | 2004 | 2004-06-07 | 2005 | M |
On June 7, 2004, Mark H experienced sudden cardiac death while recovering from emergency open heart surgery following a failed angioplasty that had caused his coronary artery to rupture. He had previously suffered a stroke on May 27, followed by the surgical complications. While in the intensive coronary care unit, he experienced complete cardiac arrest lasting 4 minutes and 38 seconds, requiring four defibrillator shocks to revive him. Medical staff including nurses and doctors worked frantically to save his life while he was clinically dead. During his cardiac arrest, Mark found himself on a beautiful road as a young boy about ten years old, carrying a willow branch with a red bandana like a hobo. He encountered both familiar and unfamiliar people on this road, exchanging smiles as they passed. He saw a breathtaking mountain with indescribable details, colors, and shadows beyond human language. He experienced the presence of God in all things, feeling completely filled with divine spirit and perfect satisfaction. Every desire of his soul was met instantly in this place where time and distance did not exist. A voice told Mark he must return because he had an unfinished task. Despite his protests and desire to stay in this perfect place, he was sent back through intense darkness with lightning bolts surrounding him. As he returned, he saw what appeared to be a stadium full of people cheering for those trying to save him. A young nurse named Debbie took his hand, looked into his soul, and told him "It is not your choice now! It is his now!" He stopped fighting and returned to consciousness fifteen hours later. The experience profoundly transformed Mark, who now sees through "the eyes of his heart" rather than just physical eyes. He feels God's presence in everything, speaks words that help others at precisely the right moments, has dreams that come true, and can sense others' suffering. Two days after his NDE, nurse Debbie visited him and he thanked her for being the angel God sent to help him return. The experience eliminated his fear of death and gave him deep universal love for humanity. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: This experience strongly aligns with biblical accounts including encountering God's presence, seeing a heavenly realm with indescribable beauty (2 Corinthians 12:4), receiving a divine commission to return and complete a task, and experiencing profound spiritual transformation. The nurse as an angel reflects Hebrews 13:2 about entertaining angels unaware. The lasting spiritual gifts, universal love, and ability to comfort others reflect the fruits of the Spirit. The journey metaphor and meeting others on the path resonates with biblical pilgrimage imagery. Unbiblical elements: While predominantly biblical, the description of becoming "all things" and being "in God's house" before his "room was ready" introduces concepts not clearly found in scripture. The universalist tone suggesting all paths lead to the same destination could conflict with Jesus's teaching about the narrow way. The extreme mystical union described, while not necessarily unbiblical, goes beyond typical biblical descriptions of heaven. |
1 | Hospital | 10 | 20 | 40 | Exceptional Evidence | 10 | Documented sudden cardiac death, 4 min 38 sec, 4 defibrillator shocks, ICU setting with full monitoring | Multiple specific observations including awareness of crowd cheering, nurse Debbie's specific words and actions | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4/15/2025 | 3 | 1 | Saw himself as young boy on road | 0.00 | Nurse Debbie | Highly Compatible | 8 | ||||||||
| 597 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 665 Mike W NDE 122/20920 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1mike_w_nde_122.html | 1977 | 2005 | 15 | M |
Mike W, age 15, had a severe bicycle accident in December 1977, losing control on loose gravel and smashing face-first into a concrete curb. He lay unconscious in a pool of blood and was rushed to the hospital where he remained in a coma for 5 days. The attending lady could not feel a pulse initially. During his coma, Mike found himself standing on a gently sloping, windswept hill with someone dressed in brilliant white beside him - possibly an angel or Jesus. They walked together toward a brilliant white light shining over the hill's crest. Mike experienced a comprehensive life review seeing past, present and future events in three-dimensional detail. He saw himself at age 15 and judged himself while the being in white did not judge him. In a remarkable future vision, Mike saw himself standing on a stage speaking the Gospel message to many people, with hands being raised to accept Jesus Christ. This vision manifested exactly 14 years later in Madras, India, when he stood on an oxen cart sharing the Gospel and 30-40 Indians accepted Christ - the scene matched his NDE vision precisely. At the hill's top, Mike saw a sparkling crystalline city in the distance and was given a choice: enter heaven permanently or return to his body. Though torn, he chose to return after sensing God had a plan for his life and seeing his family crying and praying. He was told he would not remember everything he had seen. Mike came out of the coma humming "To God be the Glory" and later discovered he had been reciting information he never learned, like US states. Additionally, he reported floating at ceiling height in the ICU, seeing two bodies including a burn victim. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: The experience contains numerous biblical elements including an encounter with a being in white (consistent with angelic or Christ-like appearances), brilliant divine light, a heavenly city matching Revelation's description, life review with self-judgment, prophetic vision of evangelistic ministry, and the choice between heaven and earthly mission. The evangelistic vision that came true demonstrates biblical prophetic gifting. Unbiblical elements: None identified. The experience aligns well with biblical accounts of heaven, angelic encounters, and divine commissioning for ministry. |
4 | Hospital | 5 | 18 | 38 | Exceptional Evidence | 15 | 5-day coma following severe head trauma from bicycle accident | Multiple veridical elements: future evangelistic vision verified 14 years later in India (exact match), ICU observations from ceiling height, reciting US states never learned | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5-day coma | 4/15/2025 | 2 | 1 | Saw ICU room from ceiling height | 0.00 | Self-verification | Highly Compatible | 9 | |||||||
| 598 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 681.5 Milo H NDE 2324 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1milo_h_nde.html | 1984 | 2005 | 8 | M |
Milo H had an NDE at age 8 in 1984 during a coma resulting from kidney disease complications and a medical experiment. As one of the youngest kidney patients in the Netherlands to survive this disease, he has been instrumental in helping other children with kidney problems throughout his life. During his NDE, Milo experienced leaving his body and traveling through time. He witnessed another world described as a paradise filled with extraordinary colors, peace, love, and acceptance. His deceased grandfather, who had died years earlier, served as his guide throughout the experience. His grandfather explained why things happen in life and showed him visions of the future, including glimpses of Earth from above and the environmental damage to forests. Milo received a comprehensive life review and was shown future events, including his destiny to travel to third world countries to teach people to use mental powers for healing, specifically for AIDS without medication. He learned that life and death are one continuous process, that humans are nature itself, and that thought constructs our physical bodies. He was given knowledge about the importance of mental and spiritual healing, understanding that cells have memory that can be reprogrammed through the power of mind. The return to his diseased body was painful and led to anger and depression, as the other realm was far more peaceful than Earth. For years he couldn't speak about his experience. Since recognizing his NDE, he has developed gifts including clairvoyance, high sensitivity, and the ability to see auras when feeling well. He perceives his role as a helper of the light, guiding others through spiritual growth despite often being misunderstood. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: The experience includes several biblical elements: encounter with a deceased relative as guide (similar to rich man and Lazarus parable), visions of paradise with supernatural peace and love, prophetic visions of future events, understanding of spiritual healing, and commission to help others. The concept of being a "helper of the light" aligns with being God's servant. Unbiblical elements: The emphasis on mental powers for physical healing without medical intervention, the ability to reprogram cells through thought alone, seeing auras, and the statement that "humans are nature itself" reflect New Age concepts rather than biblical teaching. The idea of continuous reincarnation/reintegration and becoming a guide after acquiring enough knowledge contradicts biblical resurrection doctrine. |
4 | Hospital | 5 | 8 | 13 | Suggestive Evidence | 0 | Coma resulting from kidney disease complications and medical experiment at age 8 | Visions of future including third world mission work, environmental insights, life review, but no specific verifiable observations documented | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ICU coma | 4/15/2025 | 1 | 0 | Saw Earth from above and environmental damage | 0.00 | Mixed Compatibility | 9 | ||||||||
| 599 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 635 Monik J NDE 1114 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1monik_j_nde.html | 1972 | 2005 | F |
Monik J experienced an NDE due to complications during surgery in October 1972. An artery burst when the surgeon attempted to remove an organ, causing a hemorrhage that filled her stomach. She went into cardiac arrest and was clinically dead for 8 minutes. Medical staff placed her on an artificial respirator, drained her lungs and stomach, and successfully resuscitated her. During her clinical death, Monik had an out-of-body experience where she observed her inert body on the operating table covered with cloth. She had difficulty recognizing herself initially. She heard a noise like a broken motor coming from the direction of the anesthesiologist. The experience included darkness followed by a steamy white light that allowed her to see everywhere. She describes passing quickly through what might have been a tunnel, seeing the scene in black and white. Monik felt she had died but experienced no danger, instead feeling quickly detached from her suffering body. She gained understanding that death is not truly death but rather a metamorphosis of the body. The experience left her without fear of death, understanding it as a transformation rather than an ending. Since her NDE, Monik has developed psychic abilities including precognitive feelings about future events, communication with "the other side," and receiving warnings about potentially tragic or disruptive events. She also experiences astral travel and notes that her experience can be triggered by certain physical sensations, such as hearing murmurs similar to those who brought her back from clinical death. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: The out-of-body experience and observation of her physical body align with biblical accounts of the spirit separating from the body at death. The bright, unearthly light could represent divine presence. The transformation of death into a new form of existence resonates with biblical resurrection theology and Paul's teaching about death being transformed. Unbiblical elements: The development of psychic abilities, communication with "the other side," and astral travel are practices warned against in Scripture (Deuteronomy 18:10-12). These mediumistic activities are specifically prohibited in biblical teaching. While the loss of fear of death is positive, the framework of understanding death as mere "metamorphosis" without mention of God, judgment, or salvation diverges from biblical doctrine. |
1 | Hospital | 10 | 6 | 16 | Moderate Evidence | 0 | Cardiac arrest for 8 minutes during surgery with hemorrhage, on respirator | OBE with observation of body on operating table, heard specific sounds from anesthesiologist direction | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 4/15/2025 | 1 | 0 | Saw body on table and heard motor-like noise | 0.00 | Low Compatibility | 6 | ||||||||||
| 600 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 649 Morgan L NDE 2272 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1morgan_l_nde.html | 1997 | 2005 | M |
Morgan L was admitted to a hospital emergency room on February 13, 1997, with a heart attack. He remained in the ER for 18 hours while doctors fought to keep him alive. He learned five years later that he had died three times during this period and was pronounced dead once. One doctor told him directly afterward that his heart nearly exploded. During his NDE, Morgan knew immediately that he was dying. At one point, he was removed from the pain and later realized he was being held and consoled by someone. He experienced flashbacks and visions for months afterward, gradually piecing together the experience. He felt he was held by Jesus himself in spirit form, experiencing both physical and spiritual emergency crews working simultaneously. He was comforted and kept from pain until all danger had passed. The experience included altered consciousness with his brain working at "super warp speed" for months afterward. He encountered mystical beings, felt surrounded by brilliant light of otherworldly origin, experienced incredible peace, unity with the universe, and gained understanding of everything. He had visions of both past events and future world events, though specific details are limited in his account. He describes entering an unfamiliar, strange place and going through emotions he didn't remember having, feeling an emotional roller coaster. Following his NDE, Morgan became an extreme believer in God, convinced that Jesus was personally present in the emergency room. He developed psychic abilities, including several instances of foreknowing tragic accidents that later proved true. In one specific case, his sister-in-law claims he saved her life by calling to warn her to drive carefully. He kept the experience private for eight years before beginning to share it with his wife, not wanting to be labeled as psychotic. --- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: The experience strongly features Jesus Christ as a comforting presence during the near-death crisis, which aligns with biblical promises of Christ's presence in suffering. The transformation into an "extreme believer in God" demonstrates spiritual awakening consistent with conversion experiences. The felt presence of both physical and spiritual realms working together reflects biblical understanding of divine intervention in earthly affairs. Unbiblical elements: The development of psychic abilities and precognitive visions about others' tragic accidents ventures into divination territory, which Scripture warns against. However, if understood as prophetic gifts rather than occult practices, these could potentially align with biblical spiritual gifts, though the lack of explicit God-glorifying purpose in these predictions is concerning. |
1 | Hospital | 10 | 4 | 21 | Moderate Evidence | 7 | Heart attack with cardiac arrest 3 times over 18 hours, pronounced dead once, heart nearly exploded | Spiritual encounter with Jesus, but no specific verifiable observations of physical environment | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4/16/2025 | 0 | 1 | Sister-in-law | Moderately Compatible | 8 | |||||||||||