|
4852
qualitative
book
Sunday Express London, May 26 1935, cited in Bown 2025, Chapter 23
Early 20th Century NDEs, W. Martin Case, Sunday Express 1935
1911
1935
16
M
W. Martin, age 16, was struck by a falling wall in 1911 when a coping stone hit his head, causing severe skull fractures. Witnesses believed he had a broken neck and crushed skull. He was pronounced near death and carried to his lodgings. During this time, Martin experienced floating above his body, observing the scene from mid-air.
From his out-of-body perspective, Martin watched people rush to help, saw them move the stone, observed someone place a coat under his head, and heard all their comments including "Fetch a doctor," "His neck is broken," and "Skull smashed like an eggshell." He witnessed them carry his body to nearby lodgings. While disembodied, he felt a desire to be with his mother and instantly found himself at his parents' home twelve miles away. He observed his mother suddenly sit upright during their midday meal saying "Bert, something has happened to our boy," despite his father's dismissal. He watched the subsequent argument and his mother's decision to catch the 2pm train. Shortly after, a railway porter arrived with a telegram confirming his injury. Martin was then transported to a bedroom where he witnessed a difficult birth. A doctor was delivering a baby that appeared stillborn, saying "It looks as though we have lost them both." He felt an irresistible impulse to merge with the baby's body but resisted, thinking of his mother. He then found himself in the railway carriage with his parents as they traveled to him. When they arrived at his bedside, he succeeded in re-entering his body and immediately sat up fully conscious. Martin astonished his parents by accurately repeating their conversations at home and on the train, nearly word for word. When he told them Mrs. Wilson had a stillborn baby that day, they later confirmed she had died at 2:05pm delivering a stillborn girl. Martin believed if he had entered the baby's body, he would have been reborn as Miss Wilson.
5
Other
7
18
37
Moderate Evidence
12
Severe head trauma with skull fracture, witnesses thought fatal
Multiple verified observations: parents conversations, Mrs. Wilson stillbirth at exact time
written_account
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
7/31/2025
3
2
|