NDEs: in the icu
56 cases
Near-death experiences, told by the people who lived through them. Each one checked against the same five questions.
In the ICU 15
Wales, United Kingdom
Patient 10
A man in intensive care said he saw what the doctor, the nurse, and the physical therapist were doing. A researcher was right beside him and confirms it.
Madrid, Spain, 2019
Luis Miguel Domínguez
He says he was in a coma after a stroke and that he drank “fossil water” in New York. While he was in the coma, a large reservoir of water under the sea off the coast of New York was announced. He and his wife, Mónica, say no one told him about it.
Mexico City, 2001
José Manuel Ramos Montalvo
He says he was in a coma after being hit with a rock and that he saw the Twin Towers burn on September 11. The attack is public record. Only he says he knew about it before anyone told him.
Colombia, 2020
Israel Vargas
He was intubated with COVID and says he saw hell and a white valley. He says that on some screens he saw Joe Biden and América de Cali win before it happened.
Bogotá, 2021
Andrés Arévalo
Andrés Arévalo says that while he was in a COVID coma he dreamed Trump would be president again. Trump returned in 2025. There is nothing to show that Andrés told anyone about his dream before it happened.
Hong Kong, 2006
Anita Moorjani
Anita Moorjani was in a coma from cancer. She says she heard a doctor in the hallway tell her husband she would not survive the night. The coma is in her medical records. The doctor’s words appear only in Anita’s own account.
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.
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.
Seville, 2010
Emilio Carrillo
Emilio Carrillo says that in 2010, in the ICU, he saw his dead parents and his aunt María, whom he believed to be alive. According to him, the aunt had died that same day.
Madrid, Spain, 2025
Eduardo Muñoz
Eduardo Muñoz’s heart stopped three times. Afterward, his mother filmed him in the ICU describing his experience: a tribunal and his late grandfather. Eduardo says he also saw, from above, the ambulance that was carrying him, with the police. That part is not in the video.
Virginia, United States, 1973
Holly
Holly was unconscious in the emergency room after an overdose. She later said she had seen her doctor talking with her roommate in another room. And she said the doctor’s tie had a tomato stain on it.
United States, 2008
Eben Alexander
Eben Alexander was in a coma with meningitis. He says a young woman was with him. Later he recognized that young woman in a photo of a sister he never met. The coma is in his medical records. The resemblance appears only in Eben’s own account.
Seattle, United States, 1977
Maria
Her heart stopped, and afterward she said she had seen a tennis shoe on the outside ledge of a third-floor window. Kimberly Clark, the social worker who was caring for her, says she went upstairs to look for it and found it.
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, 2006
Dean Braxton
Dean Braxton’s heart stopped in 2006, and doctors worked to resuscitate him for more than an hour. He said he stood before Jesus, who told him three times to go back.
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