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Titus Rivas et al., The Self Does Not Die: Verified Paranormal Phenomena from Near-Death Experiences, 2nd edition, ed. Janice Holden (International Association for Near-Death Studies, 2023). Case 2.3: Maria's Tennis Shoe. Chapter 2, pages 4-8.
The Self Does Not Die, Case 2.3, Chapter 2, pp. 4-8, 2016
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2016
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Maria, a U.S. migrant worker who spoke very little English, was admitted to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle after a heart attack. Three days after admission, she suffered a second cardiac arrest and had an out-of-body experience during resuscitation. She observed her resuscitation from above, seeing printouts spilling from monitoring machines onto the floor and under her bed. Most remarkably, during her OBE she saw a man's left tennis shoe on a ledge outside a third-floor window. After resuscitation, Maria described the shoe in detail to social worker Kimberly Clark Sharp, using a mix of poor English, poor Spanish, and hand gestures. She said the shoe was dark blue, with worn material over the little toe, and one shoelace tucked under the heel. Sharp searched the third floor, pressing her face against windows until she found the shoe. She retrieved it and confirmed Maria's description was accurate, including details not visible from inside. This case became controversial when skeptics claimed Maria could have obtained the information normally, but Sharp refuted these claims point by point in 2007, maintaining that the shoe's specific details could not be seen from inside and that Maria's limited English made overhearing such detailed information implausible.
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Moderate Evidence
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Documented second cardiac arrest in cardiac ward with resuscitation
Multiple specific details of hidden shoe: color, worn toe, shoelace position
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Language barrier (very little English)
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