Copyright1999 by Dr. Jeff & Jody Long
NDE Experiences and Comments: These are summaries of the accounts.  The expanded version can be found by clicking on the link for the experiencer's name.

982. Hellen C Probable NDE. English expanded version  12/14/06 Original in Dutch, Translated into English by Matt.  I had been ill for two days and the doctor had misjudged the seriousness of my disease. When on the second day my son arrived, I could just crawl up the stairs and lie upon my bed. Once on the bed, I felt like sinking further away. The huge pain disappeared, as did the concerns and anxiety. The only thing that remained was a feeling of peace. I floated through something towards a light. The feeling there was lovely! Peace, affection and an intense feeling of love. No stress, anxiety, worries or battle. I stood before three men who sent me back; behind them was a friend of mine who had passed away. I couldn’t reach her. I got woken up, as what seemed to be several hours later, by my son. Only when I could see the panic in his eyes I realized that I was dying and something had to happen.
Probable NDE due to severe illness.

981. Bilge M NDE. English expanded version  12/14/06 Original in Turkish, Translated into English by Ibrahim.  Suddenly, I felt a strong pain in my chest. I fainted. However, I was still conscious but in a different place - at least my soul was. At first it was very dark. I can’t describe the place. I was asking myself where I was. I realised that I was flying very fast, as if I was looking for myself. I felt very light and relaxed. At one point I saw myself on the floor. I was lying on my right arm. I went down and tried to raise myself, but it was impossible; my body was very heavy. Besides when I try I felt dizzy. Suddenly, I looked up and saw a beautiful place. Everywhere was green; small streams were running. I felt I was being pulled there. I tried to reach there with my hand, as if some hand were pulling me.
NDE from Turkey.

980. Angel S NDE. English expanded version  12/10/06  I was out of my body because I could see all the efforts neighbors were trying to revive me. I could see the paramedics, policeman, firemen and neighbors all gathering around that body laying there the funny thing was I was watching the body but like other spectators.  My recollection is that I could move freely everywhere. I felt very calm.  I remembered looking down to my body. There was a very dark room.  There I found two decease neighbors which I appreciate and love them very much. 
NDE due to stroke from Puerto Rico.

979. Udon T NDE. English expanded version  12/10/06 All of a sudden there was no pain and I remember distinctly a humming noise like the sound of very powerful electrical current that was the most beautiful sound I have ever heard. It is so hard to explain but it is like a hummmmm but as if it was played by the most perfect orchestra in the world. You probably wont understand that part but it was very distinctive.  The next I remember  was seeming to become part of everything but moving with huge fluorescent light structures that formed waves and were perfect in size and movement and the light was perfect. For some reason everything seemed to all of a sudden make sense the world myself everything was answered in an instant and it seemed I knew everything. There were no beings but energy like myself that was part of everything and there was no coolness or heat or wind or anything just perfect fluorescent lights that controlled all the structure and gently everything moved in waves .
NDE due to severe bleeding.

978. Cathy M NDE. English expanded version  12/10/06 The doctors where working on me.  They where removing my Kidney to take to my sister in the adjacent surgery room.  All I can remember is that I was floating over my body.  Not really paying attention to the fact that the Drs. where having problems with my punctured lung.  All I saw was the light that was holding me over my body.  It was peaceful and wonderful!  It was comfortable climate wise and I was just looking down.  Waiting for something, I did not know what.  I felt the warmth of the love and the peace of just floating without a care.  Suddenly, I heard the cry of my baby girl.
NDE due to surgical complication.  Interesting awareness during NDE that blood tests done months previously (probably indicating she was pregnant) gave results that led to a delay in her surgery and that this was important as the transplant would not have worked with the prior surgical team.

977. Jacqueline B NDE. English expanded version  12/10/06 "Why is it not my time?!?! I'm ready to die! my life sucks!! My best friend died three years ago!! why is it not my time?!?!" and then he turned around as if someone was talking to and turned back around to me again and said, "someone wants to talk to you." Then he pointed to the gate with the city behind it. But someone was standing there. at first I couldn't see who it was but when I got close I couldn't talk, cause it was Jake. You see, Jake, my best friend, died in a car accident five years ago on 2001. We were both seven years old. And when I saw him there I ran to the gate as fast as I could! And when I got there, we both reached out and grabbed each others hands and cried. He looked my age, but I knew it was him.
Incredible NDE that happened at age 10 and is shared when she is 12.  Youngest person to share NDE directly in NDERF history.  Note she is resuscitated by paramedics that then immediately left the area and vanished mysteriously.  Jacquelyn and her friends guessed the paramedics were angels.  Earthly paramedics would never leave after a resuscitation involving defibrillation.  Very mysterious!

976.    P.A. NDE. English expanded version  12/10/06  I fell asleep at the wheel driving on freeway, car rolled off and flipped off freeway.  I woke and was hovering over my body - everything was very quiet, I was not afraid just stared at myself and thought I was dead.  I was not frightened but did not see a white light coming from above like I thought (Or you see in movies). Then I woke up and everything was very loud (my radio was blasting and you could hear the freeway noise rushing above).
NDE due to auto accident.

975.  Roberta NDE. English expanded version  12/10/06 I remember thrashing and going under the water, I was panicking at first, but suddenly I felt peaceful.  I was out of my body, watching myself as I tumbled around and around.  I did not experience a tunnel, however, I did experience an intense ray of light that wrapped itself around me, it felt so incredibly warm and comforting.  I remember Jesus (or a higher power) speaking to me, I had a conversation with a voice, however, I did not see anyone but my own body.  I cannot remember the entire conversation  but I remember speaking of our purpose (love)  and being told it was not my time (I felt very sad about this because the feelings I had were so comforting and incredible I did not want to go back).
NDE due to near drowning at age 6.

974.  Teresa M NDE. English expanded version  12/10/06 I was loosing consciousness in the ambulance but I thought hold on with all my strength. I felt I was slipping away fast. The next thing I noticed I was without pain. More alert my mind has never been clearer or more alive that at that moment. Then I noticed I was in what people call a tunnel.  At that time I didn't know where I was. I was going down feet first so fast I can't even put it into words. I looked at myself I had the hospital gown on and it didn't even move. I got very scared because it was so black and I also noticed that it has rings around it like a vacuum hose. It still gives me shivers as I'm writing this. As a catholic I thought I was going to hell for we are thought that hell is below us. I didn't see or hear anyone  but I did feel that I wasn't alone. Then I started speaking to God.
NDE associated with severe illness.

973. Peter D NDE. English expanded version  12/10/06 I remember saying "My fourth hour teacher asked me if I wanted to go to the clinic and I said No" Then after that It went black. I can remember being hearing questions and seeing myself lying on the ground but I was just laying there. Then I remember them putting me in an Ambulance but seeing that from another point of view. Then I Was blank for a while and Then I remember hearing an unfamiliar Voice saying my name. I opened my eyes and found myself in an ambulance with oxygen hooked up to me I asked then what happened and they said I had a Seizure.
NDE associated with seizure at age 17.

972. Phillip O NDE. English expanded version  12/10/06  Fell down empty stairwell backwards, landed over lower corner of floor , did flip, and hit head on brick, unconscious for don't know how long??  When knew nothing was under foot, jumped out of body, stayed at top and watched body at bottom of stairwell, then went down and watched laborer and carpenters, run up to me and stand around talking about me, then bricklayer pushed me on shoulder, and I jumped back in...   I was lying face down facing away, and could have not seen this with my eyes.
NDE from falling down stairs.

971. Zaya 2729 NDE. English expanded version  11/11/06 From Tunisia, Original in Arabic I saw as if I am raising up to heaven and going far and far from the earth and I turned to be a light, but this light disappeared gradually.     
NDE from heart attacks.

970. Seedhom B Probable NDE. English expanded version  11/11/06 From Egypt Original in Arabic Then I heard him saying this knitting is not nice, repeat it, then I heard loud voices, and I felt my body is flying above all, I tried to put it again in bed, but I couldn’t, I tried to let the people know that I am in full consciousness, to move my leg or hand, I heard the nurse saying “why do the patient do all these movements?”  Next day I asked the doctor about all my feeling he said “this is the secret of anesthesia, to let the body be anesthetized, not the brain!”, What surprised me is the how could I hear voices and see colors of dresses while I am unconscious?
Probable NDE during surgery.

969. Brian B NDE. English expanded version  11/10/06 From the UK What I do remember is finding myself in the midst of a wonderful light. I realized that I did not have a flesh & blood body anymore but I was still enclosed in 'something' - a kind of spiritual body. My eyes told me I was floating in this light and that hundreds, maybe thousands ,of other entities were also there floating in  this beautiful, warm, comforting light; though I was too far away to communicate with anyone. There was this amazing feeling of love all around me. I felt just wonderful and blissfully happy. I wanted to stay there forever!  Then I heard a very sweet voice which seemed to come from inside my head.  This voice felt very, very special to me. I had this intuition that I was hearing the voice of God. His voice was so wonderful to my senses and the only word  I can think of is beautiful.  He said only three words - "Come to Me".  I wanted to do just that and go with Him! But instead I found myself back in my earthly body and lying on a hospital trolley all alone in a corridor.
Interesting NDE which occurred during a “nightmare” LSD trip.  Fell down stairs.

968. Mildred H NDE. English expanded version  11/10/06  I was having headaches. I had two small children.  My husband and I were having money trouble. I had gotten a headache in the afternoon, I called my girlfriend to take me to the hospital. My husband was at work she call him.  My neighbor at the time watched the kids.  When I got to the hospital they took me in x-ray room.  They did not know what was causing the headache.  They wanted to do a spinal tap. My husband Scott had just came in to the room with me. They started with the shot to help with the pain. That was it, my heart stopped.  I was wrapped in what felt like velvet, With The LOVE LOVE, That I have never felt before or after. Then I was told that I could not stay I had work to do.  I came back in to the body.  They had to watch me over night. The next morning I went home never to be the same. So much LOVE, I help as many people as I can.
NDE due to allergic reaction to medication.

967. Christine D NDE. English expanded version  11/10/06  I went through a tunnel there was a bright light.  When I stepped out, I saw an old lady.  She was scolding me, telling me I should not be here yet.  I think she was my grandmother.  I saw many people in white robes.  As I looked at them, I saw their life, what they did and how they felt when they did it. I knew everything about life, what we were supposed to do and why it needed to be done.  The people I saw did not talk with their mouth but with there minds.  As I kept looking around at the many people and their life stories, I saw a man in a red robe with long hair.  He was very beautiful.  As he looked at me,  I was back in my house with firemen working on me.  I never forgot that I was only 4, so did not know of any of these things but I do remember one thing - we are all connected to one another and have one thing on this earth to do
NDE at age 4 apparently due to smoke or gas inhalation.  Experience shared 57 years later.

966. Andrew S NDE. English expanded version  11/10/06 I heard a rushing sound and then became aware of the room around me. I was looking down at myself and my parents, who were holding one another and looked frightened. I remember feeling an indescribable sense of peace--it was so profound and complete it seemed as if I was swimming in it--as well as feeling very alive, with no pain. I realized I was dying, but I felt so calm and relaxed about it! I thought for a moment that Mom and Dad would be very sad, but I knew that they would be alright, and that we would be together again. I became conscious of presence near me; it felt feminine and very, very gentle. It, she, spoke to me, but I don't recall much of what she said. I remember becoming aware of how much I knew, as if I understood the workings of the universe. I heard the presence tell me that all things would be plain to me. I then felt as much as saw a light ahead, intense but not painful. I felt an overwhelming desire to go into it.
NDE from allergic reaction at age 15.

965. Lavona F NDE. English expanded version  11/10/06  From Canada  My next awareness was of being submerged and cradled in a warm, wavy wafting motion at the opening of a tunnel. The tunnel had billowy soft sides and  was well lit, with the tunnel dimensions decreasing and brightness increasing as it got closer to a single bright light.  I heard this wonderful soft music.  There was no sense of fright or anxiety. I was very curious as to where the music was coming from, but the end of the tunnel was opaque and I could not see. The light seemed to be just out of arms length, and I was aware that I just had to reach beyond the opaqueness to get to the light. The source of the music was at the light as well and seemed to be approaching more clarity at the light source.  The next awareness I had was of laying on the rocks on the shore of the creek, in extreme pain as I was being resuscitated. My sister had seen me and pulled me out of the water.
NDE associated with drowning at age 8.  Experience shared 56 years later.

964. Jacob B NDE. English expanded version  11/10/06  From Australia  I was completely awoken after my experience. I created like never before. I could see the energy in everything and finally understand the answers to the question about life and death that I had be searching for all of my life and that is only scratching the surface. I awoke for the first time into the ancient history of my soul's evolution, embodied in the physical form in this beautiful yet turbulent time.
NDE associated with electrocution at age 17.

963. Timi G Probable NDE. English expanded version  11/10/06  From the UK I set off down a long tunnel, at the end of which was a dot of light.  As I went along, I thought, "Oh, good.  I'm dead."   When I reached the end of it, there was bright sunlight, and I was walking in a landscape.   I walked over to a building like a church hall, and went in.   The floor was of pine floorboards, and I noticed with interest that there must have been many parish dances, as the knots in the wood were standing proud of the rest of the floor, and were very polished.  I spotted a piano standing by the far wall of the hall.   Strangely it was on part of the long wall of the hall, not up at what I perceived to be the front of the hall.   I placed my hands on the keys, about to play one of Mendelssohn's Songs Without Words, which I had already played when my father died, and which I thought would summon him to my side.
Probable NDE due to severe hemorrhage during delivery.

962. Jan S NDE. English expanded version  11/10/06 From Australia One minute I was looking at the screen while the doctors were "feeding" the tube into my body and I was fascinated looking at the pictures of my arteries and heart and then nothing. I remember seeing my father and a few other people whom I knew - but after a while it was more a sense of not being amongst strangers - being safe - this "memory" only became a conscious memory when I awoke and apart from the above, the overwhelming feeling was of an indescribable happiness - calmness - everything will always be okay feeling -I have never experienced anything like this feeling, and it remains with me every day. I can, in times of normal human difficulty, bring it forth, and even though the traffic is still bad, petrol's expensive - none of that is more than a blip on the horizon -it's like an insight of wisdom - except I'm not sure where it came from, only to trust the feeling!
NDE due to complication during cardiac angiogram

961. Lynn C NDE. English expanded version  11/10/06 From the UK The river was narrow and meandering and within a short time, an island, at least it seemed to be an island, came into view. There was a very bright light behind it so that everything on the island was portrayed in shadow or silhouette. The grass was very verdant on the island. On the shore, there were dozens of people, all waving and giving off a vibe that was utterly joyous. Right in the centre of the island was an enormous chair that I can only describe as being a peacock type chair, of a brilliant white. There was someone on this chair, but again, as the light was behind the chair, I couldn’t see who was on this chair, but I was aware that this was a magnificent being.
NDE due to severe febrile illness at age 8-9.  Interesting to note the difference between content of the febrile hallucinations prior the NDE, and the content of the actual NDE.

960. Filesha L Probable NDE. English expanded version  11/10/06  I don’t know how long I was floating above my body, or how I was actually transferred to another dimension.  I did know that I was now Home, my (out) Real home.  The nature of this Reality is so completely different; there is no language adequate to express the emotions and surroundings.  Time and language, as we know them, don’t exist there.  Love and compassion are the only words I can think of, and they barely scratch the surface of what I felt and perceived around me.  The vibration feelings are so strong and yet totally incomprehensible at our physical (or perceptual) level.  It was a perfectly normal feeling not to be in a physical body.  The real I AM is a Spiritual Being.
Probable NDE occurring at initial part of surgery.  From Hawaii.

959. Dr. Ralph H NDE. English expanded version  11/10/06  I was looking down the slope of the hill over a broad meadow where a small man wearing kilts was walking away from me playing bagpipes and singing.  I never saw his face and he never stopped walking.  As I stood there I was overcome with an emotion that is made trite by any descriptions such as love, peace, contentment, hope, joy, etc.  But that's the best that I can do.  I remember on one occasion as I stood marveling in this peace and joy I thought to myself that this is what I've been pursuing all my life.  Everything that I had done, good and bad was ultimately trying to come to this sense Happiness.  Along with this emotion was the desire not to leave and I felt a very strong desire to follow the man down into the meadow.  But I knew that if I did that I couldn't come back… I suffered 10 (ten) cardiac arrests in 24 hours, and had to be 'shocked' back each time.  The experience described below occurred with each arrest, the same each time.
Shared by a physician.  Ten cardiac arrests in 24 hours with same experience each time.

958. Ken L Intensive Care Unit Experience. English expanded version  11/10/06  I'm writing this because my experience is very different than anything I've heard from anyone else in regard to near death and coma and I think I should at least put it out there for comparison purposes.  I cannot remember the accident which caused my coma. For some reason I spent (from my perspective) what seemed to me to be several months to a year in what I can only describe as a kind of Parallel world. Things were similar but very different. I remember being a prisoner much of this time while constantly plotting  and even sometimes attempting and succeeding to escape. It may be that while I was in this coma my injured brain was trying to make sense of whatever input it was getting from the hospital room and operating room.
Not all conscious experiences during the time of a coma are NDE.  This is an experience during a prolonged coma due to severe head trauma that is interesting in its detail.  It lacks the lucidity necessary to call it a NDE.

957. Barney M NDE. English expanded version  11/10/06  As I lie on the ground, I felt nothing.  There was no pain, it was perfect peace.  I felt myself being pulled and I saw my body laying on the ground. Then I saw the EMTs working on me but I didn't care.  As I went higher to the light I saw all my relatives that had passed - my aunts, uncles, and my grandmother. As I was traveling through the tunnel to the light, I saw my beloved brother and he stopped me.  He said "Its not your time."  The next thing I remember I was laying on the ground in so much pain they had tubes down my mouth.
NDE at age 17 due to auto accident.

956. Jesse N NDE. English expanded version  11/10/06 From the UK I tried to stand up and I literally came out of my physical body! The sound of that music I can not possibly describe with words cause it simply can not be heard with that clarity in this world! It was breath taking! It was so beautiful. I was ready to explode from joy! I could see both worlds at first.  Although the physical one resembled a black and white movie in comparison with the world in front of me! The colors were out of this world; so deep, so luminous, so beautiful! There was a door in front of me and I could hear joyous laughter coming from inside the door coming from too many people! I had this uncontrollable desire to step inside the door and meet all those souls!  My perception increased on levels I didn't thought existed on a conscious level, although always knew them on a deeper level, locked inside of me!  HOME!  That was HOME!
NDE due to accidental illegal drug overdose.

955. Javed A NDE. English expanded version  11/10/06 From the UK Felt the warmth of other people but not seeing bodies more like mind interaction… Saw what the nurses and doctors were doing when they were trying to shock the heart.
NDE due to heart attack.  Very briefly described.  NDE happened about one month ago.

954. Thera L NDE. English expanded version  11/10/06 From the UK I left my body with a strange fizzing electrical sensation into light and then into a star filled black void that was full of awareness and life's precious lessons. I can remember thinking this sensation is not real and that my life was being being pulled away but I wasn't scared just amazed.  I then just went with it.  I knew I wouldn't be returning but that didn't scare me. I calmly looked back at my family and said goodbye.  I think I remember hearing from deceased and wisdom from somewhere higher. A lot of learning went on during this time but unfortunately now the lessons have been forgotten.  I felt at the time that everything was so clear and so important to remember.
NDE due to strangulation.

953. Marjorie H NDE. English expanded version  11/10/06  I was watching my husband undergo an eye exam when I experienced chest pains and passed out. I remember the kind paramedics talking to me, asking what hospital I wanted to be taken to and my doctor's name. I gave his name, but said he was on vacation for the next week. (I'm not sure if this was before or after the out-of-body experience). My first OOBE sensation was that I was floating above my body about 10 feet in the air. I felt very happy, not exuberant, but calm happy, That everything was wonderful. Then it occurred to me that I must be experiencing an OOBE and I started looking around for the tunnel. As soon as I did that, I zapped right back into my body. Afterwards, I remembered looking down at my body and thinking it was in pain, but "I" was not.
NDE from retired college professor during attack of angina.

952. Michelle R NDE. English expanded version  11/10/06  But I didn't have to ask to be let in, God already knew what I was thinking.  And I knew he knew. It was almost like the questions and answers happened at the same time- there was no time there.  I felt shamed but also calm, there was no fear, just the shame and guilt of my circumstances. Then I was asked the question, "Why should I let you in Heaven if you are on drugs?" And I knew I did not deserve to be allowed in.  Then my whole life flashed before me in what seemed seconds.  But then I even saw the future.  I saw how sad my family and friends were.  They were all crying.  I was upset for a moment but then felt that I had to accept it.  Then all of a sudden I was back in my body…
NDE associated with illegal drug toxicity.

951. Zulaykha NDE. English expanded version  11/10/06 The whole time I felt an immense sensation of joy beyond description. The only thing that took away from it slightly was that my parents looked upset, I wanted them to realize I was so much happier this way, they should be celebrating. Besides this feeling of peace and joy, I knew the God existed beyond all doubt. God is the Real, and everything else pales in comparison to his substantiality. I remember thinking how my parents (the atheists) were wrong and it was so ridiculous it was funny to think that God doesn't exist. I wanted to be with God, and remain in this state, but it was imparted to me (not through words) that I must return. I had to obey. I dove back down into my face and immediately saw things through the eyes of my body once more.
NDE due to probable medication error at age 6.  Interesting that her parents were atheists at the time.

950. Wan I NDE. English expanded version  10/6/06  From Malaysia  But as I grew closer to the light and felt it's shine. A sudden cool and calmness came over me. For the light made me feel peaceful all the sudden as I grew closer. It was a kind of peace and calm which I've never felt in my entire lifetime, even until this very day.  From a far as I grew closer to the light... I could see almost like figures in the light, like heads, people all dressed in white, as if it were some sort of congregation or a crowd...the more I came closer, the more I felt like 'staying' and my sadness and fears disappeared. It felt like that comfort feeling of 'home.'
Teenage Muslim NDE due to drug reaction.  This is the most detailed Muslim NDE we have encountered so far.

949. Kent M NDE. English expanded version  10/6/06  Experience was definitely real.  It was more real than sitting down with my parents for a meal after I was released from the hospital. There is no question whatsoever that what I experienced was and is real. This society's beliefs are illusion… The truth is so simple a child can understand it. It's too bad that grown adults are so conditioned that they can't see it. It's all pretty easy and doesn't take a thick book or years of study to understand.
NDE due to motor vehicle accident with head injury.

948. Lynn R Possible NDE. English expanded version  10/6/06  All of a sudden, I was out of my body and in a tunnel. The tunnel was smokey grey and there was a man I had never seen before standing beside me. He was holding my hand and dressed in a priest's outfit. I was fully aware that I was dead and that the man was there to take me to wherever I was to go. But, I couldn't understand why a Catholic priest had come for me as I knew no priests, and was not Catholic.  Anyway, we started to move up the tunnel and we were up far enough to see a dot of light at the end of the tunnel. Just then, a voice came down to us and the words were directed to the man beside me. The voice said, "Take her back, it is not her time."   The 'priest' responded by saying, "But, she died."  Then the voice came back down and said, "Take her back, she has much left to do."
Possible NDE associated with severe illness.

947. Alok B NDE-Like. English expanded version  10/6/06  Then out of no where, I felt my soul being pulled upwards by an invisible force to somewhere I had never been. All of a sudden I was in a circular room with doors all around that was all red, a gaudy burnt red, and the floor was dark brown, it was hard to see-it looked medieval, gothic or something. Then there was a figure that appeared and told me he was assigned to protect me and teach me the truth; to teach me of my past lives. Then with some motion of his hands we were elevated a couple feet off the ground, and a myriad of animals, peoples, leaders, and all other walks of life came rushing past through the doors under us. It was similar to the way that caribou and other group animals run in herds. He called himself "Leftinent," which I believe is one term also known as Lieutenant.
Hindu NDE-Like experience as a dream.

946. Suki M Possible NDE. English expanded version  10/6/06  Suddenly, a being appeared before me - a kind young man about in his  teens.  He was dressed like a wizard.  I believe it was my deceased brother who would have been six years older than me if he had lived.  I never knew him as I was born 10 months after he died.  I felt instantly at ease with him and felt love and peace radiating from his presence. He said "come on, I am taking you with me for a while as you are very afraid."  He took my hand and the next thing I knew we were in outer space staring at the earth as it revolved.  I remember seeing a cord coming from my body and reaching all the way to the earth.  He remarked how beautiful the earth was and asked me if I felt better and then suddenly he said, "you must go back now" and I awoke vomiting into a pan.  What is remarkable about this is that I saw the earth long before we had space travel and I never saw the earth that way again until the first shots were broadcast on television when the moon walk occurred.
Possible NDE at age 10 associated with severe fright prior to anesthesia.

945. F.S. NDE. English expanded version  10/6/06  The next thing I remember were my parents questioning me and asking me if I had eaten anything from the empty medicine bottle that they were holding. I then lost consciousness. I had eaten a full bottle of angina tablets.  I awoke to see myself laying on a very high bed. I had a tube in my mouth and there was a funnel on the end of the tube. Doctors and nurses were talking to each other frantically, as if they were really really panicking. They were pouring something into the tube. Their voices were raised, a sense of urgency, moving quickly. Looking worried.  I stood on the floor looking up at myself on the table. Just very calmly watching them hurriedly do things to me.
NDE due to accidental overdose of medicine at age 4.

944. Chrystal W NDE. English expanded version  10/6/06  the next thing I remember is standing in front of a person, in a beautiful landscape.. very peaceful... trees, babbling brook... etc.   The person in front of me was wearing a flowing robe with a golden rope belt.  I never saw their face.  I just remember that they told me I had to go back, but I felt so peaceful and happy I didn't want to go back, I think I tried to argue and say No... I don't want to go back... I felt so good there.... but this person became a little more forceful and said again "you have to go back now". 
NDE from a car accident.

943. Reen NDE. English expanded version  9/29/06  Lengthy manuscript written in a biblical style. Fundamentalist Christian who had a NDE with apocalyptic visions.

942. Dromo S NDE. English expanded version  9/10/06 From Palestine, Original in Arabic translated to English When I was in an operation room, when they took me out, I was unconscious, I felt there is some spirit flying above my head and very hard press on my chest, my right feet raised up, and I felt a severe pain in my big toe, as if something coming out of it.   
Christian NDE from Palestine.

941. Catherine R NDE 2780. English expanded version  9/9/06  Then, out of the all white world, back in the far left corner, was a condensed area of white cloud-like matter. It was an opening, tunnel area of some sort. In the distance came two figures, not quite walking or floating (hard to describe). They were dressed in white robes with white hoods covering their faces. I didn't know who  or what they were until they were about 10' in front of me. Then, my uncle John lifted his hood. Behind him was my grandmother, both the only two people/relatives I knew to be deceased at the time.
NDE due to skiing accident with head injury.

940. Catherine R NDE 2781. English expanded version  9/9/06  I was put under with anesthetic during an abortion. Although I was 'out' and surgery was underway, I could watch from above my bed what was going on below. I heard the nurse, and watched her as well, tell the doctor in a panicked voice, "Her blood pressure is 0/60...quick, get ________ (I can't remember the name)" Then, I moved across the room, still above the ground, and went out into the hallway where I saw a doctor running towards the room and over to my bed. The next thing I knew I was awake and the surgery was over. I later confirmed the events with the nurse, who was quite shocked at my story and the accuracy of the events that took place.
NDE during surgery due to complication.

939. Lori H NDE. English expanded version  9/9/06  I don't remember getting to the OR, but I do remember sitting on the OR lights watching nurses and MD's working on my hands, arms, feet, and legs trying to get IV lines in to give me blood and fluids to try to get my B/P back up.  It didn't hurt, I felt very calm and peaceful.  I wasn't scared.  I could see my incision line, I could see everything they were doing.  I remember thinking that I needed to see Erica, my daughter, because I didn't want to die without seeing her first.
NDE due to blood loss shortly after delivering a baby.

938. Julie C NDE. English expanded version  9/7/06  Then I was watching from above a woman who was dressed in a long Victorian Dress of brilliant blue and a man also dressed in Victorian attire- black it was at night on a cobblestone street that was the color of red/orange clay ,in a city somewhere, the street lights were candle lit and it had been raining there was a puddle of water and the man took of his outer coat and placed it over the puddle so the lady could cross . The colors were so brilliant... I have never seen colors that brilliant to this day and I had a very content feeling - no fear. My memory is as clear today as it was at the time this occurred.
NDE due to accidental morphine overdose.  Atypical experience.

937. Lucia L NDE. English expanded version  9/7/06  Then I was in front of this being, looking at him.  I knew he was holy.  I felt this was God appearing to me as I had always imagined him.  An old man with a large beard.  He had taken on this persona so that I would not be afraid.  I felt safe.  I have never felt so safe in my life.  And love.  So much love.  He did not judge me, as my religion had taught me so long ago.  There was compassion.  It was overwhelming, so much that I can still feel it today.  It is so very hard to describe.  Everything was right.  Everything was as it should be.  There was no wrong.  Calmness.  Tranquility.  It was incredible!  He held forward a small treasure box, just like the ones that carry pirates treasures.  He said "TAKE THESE GIFTS HOME WITH YOU". 
Two NDEs back to back.  Remarkable life experiences after the NDEs.

936. Lloyd P NDE. English expanded version  9/7/06  The light was like a boundary but it was transparent, I passed through into the light: it is hard for me to find the words to describe the feelings one encounters.  I was blinded by the light unable to see anything but the light did not hurt your eyes.  It was like looking into the sun