NDEs: children

56 cases

Near-death experiences, told by the people who lived through them. Each one checked against the same five questions.

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California, 1997

Lucky Pettersen

At 4, Lucky came out of a coma and said his friend Big Gino had walked him back from heaven. Two weeks later, his family learned that Big Gino had died.

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Nebraska, United States, 1963

Ken Leth

As a boy he was put to sleep with ether for surgery. He says spirits attacked him and that he saw the future in heaven. Starting in 2017, he said on the radio that Trump would be pushed out and that Trump would speak to a crowd.

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Nebraska, 2003

Colton Burpo

A boy who was almost 4 had surgery for a serious case of appendicitis. Months later he said he had been in heaven and had seen his parents during the operation.

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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.

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Boston, United States, 1968

Brad Barrows

Brad Barrows was blind from birth. At 8 he stopped breathing because of pneumonia. He later said he saw the snow in Boston from above the roof of his school.

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