Kelly P Fear Death Experience

It was a Friday night and it was dark, I was driving alone from Lethbridge to Calgary on a stretch of single lane highway. I was about 15 minutes out of Lethbridge on a 2 hour drive. It was snowing and the wind was heavy and there was blowing snow across the entire highway. There was heavy traffic, frequent large semi trucks would pass by and practically bumper to bumper traffic. I noticed the amount of heavy traffic going both ways on the highway. There were several cars in front of me, and several directly behind me, and constant traffic coming on the other side of the highway. 

The first thing I saw before the "incident" was a larger than normal bright semi truck trailer coming towards me on its own side of the highway. I will never forget it. Then it started. I felt like I lost control of the car as everything went pitch black. There was an incredible massive intense spinning like I have never experienced. It went on for quite some time. I remember saying over and over, I'm dead, I'm dead, I'm dead. I couldn't do anything, I couldn't see anything, I couldn't feel anything other than a dark blackish grey tunnel which I felt and weirdly saw myself going through at a rapid massive speed.  It was unbelievable. It went on for a while as I remember saying again the same thing over and over at least a dozen times. I'm dead. I'm dead I'm dead. I couldn't see and I don't know if I had closed my eyes or what. I don't think so as it didn't feel like my eyes were closed. I just know there was incredible darkness, massive spinning, the almost helpless feeling like I couldn't do anything, and the tunnel. It was an obvious tunnel and I was traveling down it so incredibly fast. I could see the tunnel but I was strangely somewhat calm. I said I was dead as that is what I thought as I couldn't do anything else. 

There was so much traffic resulting in many lights from the oncoming vehicles passing by not to mention the cars in front of me and behind me. Those were gone. There was no noise at all. Just a massive spinning and then rapid tunnel travel at massive intense speed.  I was terrified at the speed more than what was going to happen to me. There was no "life passing before my eyes". No light. Just intense speed, spinning, tunnel and knowing that it could possibly be over. I didn't want it to be. 

There is no way I could have lost control of the car with that much traffic and not caused distress to any of the other vehicles? This is the biggest question I had and still have to this day. 

After a period of time, I opened my eyes.  I was in a ditch about 10 meters away staring straight at the busy highway I was just on. What I immediately saw was bumper to bumper traffic both ways. No one else was in distress.  Nothing at all. Like nothing had ever happened. Just me in a snow filled ditch.  I must add, I was only a few feet away from a gravel roadway separating two snow filled ditches meaning I came awfully close to hitting the dirt/concrete and well, who knows what would have happened. The snow broke my fall it had appeared. And my car didn't have a scratch. The snow came up towards the handle of my door but I seemed to get out without a problem. Not a scratch on me or my car. Again, I looked in front of me at the lights of the huge amount of traffic going both ways on the highway.  How could I have avoided a massive car pile up/accident?   

I felt an incredible sense of relief once I opened my eyes and after a few minutes I saw one car stopped at the side of the highway going the other direction. I sat there for a few seconds staring at the highway in disbelief and at the car that had pulled over. I opened the door and got out.  I walked through the huge snow bank/ditch towards the car. I don't know why but I got in the car without a thought or looking inside or anything. When I got in the car there was a man with long brown hair smiling and a women in the passenger side. They were chuckling and said, "you should have seen the look on your face". I found that a little bit odd as wouldn't someone normally say are you ok, or how are you doing? After an event like that? They than said they were going through Lethbridge and would take me back home without even asking me where I lived. At the time I didn't think a whole lot about it but years later, to be exact about 4 years ago, I have started to analyze the situation more closely.

At the time which was approx 12 years ago, I just thought I had avoided a major car accident/pile up but now I am starting to rethink what had happened to me. The tow truck had one heck of a time getting my car out. I was so packed into the ditch. Not a scratch, dent, nothing. 

The tunnel itself was dark, quiet, tremendously fast, and the sides of the tunnel were rough, kind of jagged sharp lines throughout it. There was no light other than me opening my eyes directly in front of the highway when the ordeal was over. 

Most people will say that I simply lost control of the car and went into the ditch but I am pretty sure at this point that something else happened to me and it wasn't my time yet...

Any associated medications or substances with the potential to affect the experience?     No       I was completely sober. No drugs or medications.

Was the kind of experience difficult to express in words? No      

At the time of this experience, was there an associated life threatening event?          Yes     See below

What was your level of consciousness and alertness during the experience?           No alcohol, drugs nothing. Completely alert and conscious.

            Was the experience dream like in any way?   Not at all. Absolutely not.

Did you experience a separation of your consciousness from your body?     Uncertain      This is a hard question.  I would say no but how did I see the tunnel I was speeding through?

What emotions did you feel during the experience?            Immediately I thought I was approaching death.  I was strangely calm but thought that death was looming.

Did you hear any unusual sounds or noises?           No noise, nothing. Complete silence.

LOCATION DESCRIPTION:  Did you recognize any familiar locations or any locations from familiar religious teachings or encounter any locations inhabited by incredible or amazing creatures?    No            But I did and still do recognize the tunnel I sped through.

Did you see a light?           No      

Did you meet or see any other beings?           No      

Did you experiment while out of the body or in another, altered state? No      

Did you observe or hear anything regarding people or events during your experience that could be verified later?          No      

Did you notice how your 5 senses were working, and if so, how were they different?          No      

Did you have any sense of altered space or time?          Uncertain      It seemed like a long time that I was spinning/travelling. I can't be sure how long.

Did you have a sense of knowing, special knowledge, universal order and/or purpose?    No      

Did you reach a boundary or limiting physical structure?             No      

Did you become aware of future events?       No       I wish.

Were you involved in or aware of a decision regarding your return to the body?       No       I just knew I didn't want to die.

Did you have any psychic, paranormal or other special gifts following the experience that you did not have prior to the experience?         Uncertain      I have felt since then an "intuition" that was not previously there.

Did you have any changes of attitudes or beliefs following the experience?   Yes     It has taken several years, approx ten years, but I was never religious before. I have become much more spiritual now.

How has the experience affected your relationships? Daily life? Religious practices? Career choices?       As stated in previous question, much more spiritual and the desire to become a better person.

Has your life changed specifically as a result of your experience?          Already answered.

Have you shared this experience with others?         Yes     Not much. They didn't really believe that it was much more than being lucky.

What emotions did you experience following your experience?  Relief mostly. The weirdest was the couple in the car. I just can't explain it.

What was the best and worst part of your experience?      Best, that is tough. Just that I have opened up my mind tremendously and spiritually. I didn't believe in anything before.  Now I do. Worst, the brief fear of death.

Is there anything else you would like to add concerning the experience?        Just that I don't think it was luck.

Following the experience, have you had any other events in your life, medications or substances which reproduced any part of the experience?         No      

Did the questions asked and information you provided accurately and comprehensively describe your experience?               Yes