When I drowned, I experienced excruciating pain for what seemed like a second. Then it became natural for me to breathe water. I remember my thoughts very clearly because I thought I had become a mermaid. My body undulated in the water, as if I had a tail that moved up and down like that … Read more

I am a type 1 diabetic and my blood sugar was extremely high. I was incoherent. My dad took me to the emergency room. It was determined that I had an infection from a foot blister that my body went in to ketoacidosis. I didn’t really know what they were doing to me in the … Read more

I had knee surgery, where the doctors replaced a small knee insert with a complete part. The operation took five hours and I was under a general anesthesia. The day after the operation, I developed a high temperature and then the experience occurred. I knew I was dying but also realised that the frantic activity … Read more

It was mid-afternoon, about 2:30 pm. I was in parachute training and practising a high altitude jump. We were leaving the airplane at about 50,000 feet and had free fall for quite some time. We were instructed to start our parachute procedures at 1000 feet. When my altimeter read 1050 feet, I got ready to … Read more

I experienced a sudden heart attack and was flat-lined in the emergency room. I left body and floated above it while observing the fruitless efforts of the many people below who were trying to revive me. As my earthly senses disappeared, I began seeing images of others and people who had passed away. I seemed … Read more

My two friends and I had been camping for about five or six days. The weather was very bad with the rain, wind, and drizzle. We call that ‘ Brittany’ weather. On the day of the experience, the sun was shining and the wind had calmed down. So we decided to take the boat out. … Read more

I am now 18 years old. At the time of the accident, I was about 11 or 12 years old. The accident occurred quickly in a two-story house that I use to live in. I remember being upstairs with my siblings; three of us including myself. My brother was in my sister’s room and they … Read more

In the summer of 1975, my family was visiting friends in Colorado. My family consisted of four children and the other family had three children. We quickly got bored and asked if we could go outside to play. My younger siblings had to stay with the parents. My older brother was 8 years old and … Read more

The experience happened in 1985. I can get panicky with my face in the water, so two of us decided to find a shallow place to walk across the Rio Grande rather than swim from Big Bend National Park to Mexico. The water was crystal clear, the sun was bright, and I could easily see … Read more