NDEs: accident
56 cases
Near-death experiences, told by the people who lived through them. Each one checked against the same five questions.
Accident 13
Chile, 1999
Mary Neal
A surgeon drowned in her kayak under a waterfall in Chile. She says an angel spoke to her about the death of her son, who died ten years later.
New York, United States, 1978
Tom Sawyer
A pickup truck crushed his chest in 1978. He says he traveled to a light and relived his life. Years later he said he knew a plane would crash. On the day of the crash he called a psychiatrist, and the psychiatrist remembers the call.
Houston, United States, 1988
Elizabeth Krohn
Lightning struck Elizabeth Krohn’s umbrella. She says she spent two weeks in a garden. She says that in September 1988 she was told there that George Bush would be president.
Bogotá, 1995
Gloria Polo
A dentist was struck by lightning in Bogotá, and her heart stopped. She says she hugged her daughter, who was somewhere else, and then saw her whole life.
Mauritius, 1982
Ian McCormack
In 1982, Ian McCormack, a 26-year-old surfer from New Zealand, was stung by five jellyfish while diving at night off the island of Mauritius. He said that in the hospital he went through a darkness, that a light brought him out, and that he met Jesus. According to him, his mother dreamed that same night that he was dying.
Utah, 2003
Vincent Tolman
In 2003, Vincent Tolman collapsed in a Utah restaurant. He says he was put in a body bag and that a rookie EMT resuscitated him in the ambulance.
Idaho, 1982
Kristle Merzlock
She nearly drowned at 7. Three weeks later she said she saw a tunnel, a woman who took her to heaven, and her dead relatives.
Texas, 1994
Tricia Barker
She broke her back in a car crash. She says she left her body in the operating room and saw her stepfather get a candy bar in a hallway.
Málaga, Spain, 2007
Miguel Ángel Pertierra
A doctor says that after an accident he saw himself from the ceiling of his own hospital’s ER. He also says he saw the on-call colleague walk in. He says he later checked for himself that what he saw was real.
Austin, 1977
Gary Wimmer
In 1977, a car hit Gary Wimmer and he got up without a scratch. Gary says he saw the future, and that in 2001 he recognized the attack on the Twin Towers on television.
Ohio, 1968
Mickey Robinson
In 1968, Mickey Robinson, a 19-year-old skydiver, survived a burning plane crash in Ohio. He said he left his body, came before God, and saw scenes of his future that later came true.
Seattle, United States, 1973
Vicki Umipeg
She was blind from birth and was in a very serious car accident. She later said she saw herself from the ceiling of the emergency room. She said she recognized her hair and her rings.
Texas, 1989
Don Piper
A truck crushed his car on a Texas bridge, and according to his book he was taken for dead for about 90 minutes. He said he stood at the gate of heaven.
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