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Charman, Robert A. "Veridical OBEs Associated with NDEs Coincident with Cardiac Arrest." Journal of the Society for Psychical Research 84, no. 4 (2020): 253-254. Michaela, Case 2.14.
Journal of the Society for Psychical Research Vol. 84(4) Pages 253-254 2020
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Seventeen-year-old Michaela suffered severe injuries in a car accident that left her unconscious and in a coma for two weeks. During this critical period, she experienced a profound near-death experience that began with a comprehensive life review where significant moments from her past flashed before her consciousness. Following this life review, Michaela experienced an out-of-body experience where she found herself positioned in the corner of her hospital room, observing her physical body lying motionless in the bed below. From this elevated vantage point, she could see the medical equipment and the layout of the room with remarkable clarity.
The experience then expanded beyond the confines of her hospital room. Michaela reported moving through the hospital environment and observing her parents along with both of her grandmothers gathered in the hospital cafeteria. During this observation, she witnessed something highly unusual and specific - she saw her father, who was described as a smoker, light a cigarette. To her surprise, her maternal grandmother, who had never smoked in her life and had never previously expressed any desire to smoke, suddenly stated that she needed a smoke as well. Even more remarkably, her paternal grandmother then said "Yeah, me too," and Michaela observed both grandmothers light cigarettes alongside her father. This specific observation of the smoking incident was particularly significant because it involved behavior that was completely out of character for the grandmothers. Neither grandmother had any history of smoking, making this a highly unusual and verifiable detail. When Michaela eventually recovered from her coma and shared her experience, her mother confirmed that this exact scenario had indeed occurred. The stress and emotional strain of Michaela's critical condition had led both grandmothers to uncharacteristically request and smoke cigarettes for relief. Upon returning to consciousness after two weeks in a coma, Michaela was able to provide detailed descriptions of events that had occurred while she was unconscious, including specific behaviors and conversations that she could not have known through normal sensory channels.
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Patient was in coma for two weeks following car accident with severe injuries
Multiple specific and unique observations including highly unusual smoking behavior by non-smokers that was later confirmed
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