Bradley S NDE

Experience Description

On Feb 2, 2025, I was on my way to visit my daughter. When I arrived at her house, I took two steps out of my car and collapsed. My heart stopped. This was not a heart attack, but an electrical issue in my body that caused my heart to stop. A witness saw me collapse and called 911. 8 minutes later, firemen and EMTs arrived to begin working on me. The firefighters administered CPR for 22 minutes and I was shocked 9 times before my heart started again. After my heart started again, I was transported to a local hospital. The doctors told my wife that I would not survive due to the length of time I was without a heartbeat. I was placed in a medically induced coma for 48 hours and my body packed with ice. The total time my heart had stopped was 30 minutes.

When I woke up from the coma, the doctors were amazed that I survived and had no brain damage. I was considered a miracle, as this was not medically possible according to them. I suffered 9 broken ribs and a broken sternum while being administered the CPR. These injuries can take up to a year to recover, if at all. I now have a pacemaker, since they cannot determine how or why my heart stopped. Aside from that, I feel great now and have essentially made a full recovery.

While I was out those 30 minutes with no heartbeat, I had an out of body experience watching from above while the firemen and EMTs were working on me. The next thing I recall was seeing my body lying down at the entrance of the small town cemetery where I'm from. Two entities from the cemetery picked me up and carried me to a freshly dug grave next to where my father is buried. My father had passed away 1.5 years ago. I felt terrified knowing that I had died or was about to. When they were getting ready to place my body in the grave, my dad came out of his grave. He told them not to put me in the grave because it wasn't my time.

I can only guess that this is when my heart started again. I do not recall this, but my wife told me that I had said to her that my dad was talking with me while I was in the 48 hour coma. I was in the hospital for 12 days and went back to work after 8 weeks. I'm back to living a normal life again.

While my out of body experience freaks me out thinking about it, I tell everyone who will listen to me what I saw. I don't know where I was or where I was going, but there is something after this life.

I faced a lot of anxiety after I got home from the hospital. I was trying to understand if I had a different direction in life after receiving this miracle. I've since gotten over my anxiety, and figure that my purpose will come to me in time. I don't need to pressure myself into trying to figure this out right now.

For reference, I'm a healthy guy who works out all the time. I don't smoke, am in shape and eat a good diet. My heart remains healthy and fine. This was a fluke event that happened to me and I'm told it does occasionally happen to healthy people with no notice. I am beyond thankful to still be alive.

Addendum:

I was able to confirm that what I saw with the firefighters and EMTs working on me was correct. I told my wife what I saw and she confirmed it to be true based on what she was told. I also later spoke with the first responders after I got home and was mobile again. I visited them.

When I went from seeing the first responders to seeing my body at the cemetery, I really don't recall what that transition was. In both instances, I was out of body.

As a reference point of my experience, below is a link to an interview held with our local news station. One of the firefighters that saved me called the news station and told them about me surviving and what a miracle it was. I agreed to the interview only if the first responders were involved.

The Story of Survival: Springfield Strong/Brad Showmaker's Story: Never Give Up https://youtu.be/ufFyPPW1MEs?feature=shared

Background Information:

Gender: Male

Date NDE Occurred: February 2, 2025

NDE Elements:

At the time of your experience, was there an associated life-threatening event? Yes. Electrical issue in my body that caused my heart to stop. Not a heart attack. Clinical death (cessation of breathing or heart function)

How do you consider the content of your experience? Both pleasant AND distressing

Did you feel separated from your body? No I clearly left my body and existed outside it

How did your highest level of consciousness and alertness during the experience compare to your normal everyday consciousness and alertness? Normal consciousness and alertness. No difference

At what time during the experience were you at your highest level of consciousness and alertness? When I saw my body being carried into the cemetery.

Were your thoughts speeded up? No

Did time seem to speed up or slow down? No

Were your senses More vivid than usual? No

Please compare your vision during the experience to your everyday vision that you had immediately prior to the time of the experience. Same

Please compare your hearing during the experience to your everyday hearing that you had immediately prior to the time of the experience. Same

Did you seem to be aware of things going on elsewhere? No

Did you pass into or through a tunnel? No

Did you see any beings in your experience? I actually saw them

Did you encounter or become aware of any deceased (or alive) beings? Yes My father.

Did you see, or feel surrounded by, a brilliant light? No

Did you see an unearthly light? No

Did you seem to enter some other, unearthly world? No

What emotions did you feel during the experience? Calmness followed by fear

Did you have a feeling of peace or pleasantness? No

Did you have a feeling of joy? No

Did you feel a sense of harmony or unity with the universe? No

Did you suddenly seem to understand everything? No

Did scenes from your past come back to you? No

Did scenes from the future come to you? No

Did you come to a border or point of no return? I came to a definite conscious decision to return to life. My father said it wasn't my time and he was essentially the one that sent me back.

God, Spiritual and Religion:

What was your religion prior to your experience? Christian- Other Christian Methodist

Have your religious practices changed since your experience? Yes I regularly attend church now. I also thank God on a daily basis for allowing me another day on this earth to be with my family and friends.

What is your religion now? Christian- Other Christian Methodist

Did your experience include features consistent with your earthly beliefs? Content that was both consistent and not consistent with the beliefs you had at the time of your experience. I believe in life after death, but my cemetery experience threw me for a loop. I had assumed I'd see a light or something similar.

Did you have a change in your values and beliefs because of your experience? No

Did you seem to encounter a mystical being or presence, or hear an unidentifiable voice? I encountered a definite being, or a voice clearly of mystical or unearthly origin. I was carried by 2 entities into the cemetery. My deceased father told them not put me in the grave.

Did you see deceased or religious spirits? I actually saw them

Did you encounter or become aware of any beings who previously lived on earth who are described by name in religions (for example: Jesus, Muhammad, Buddha, etc.)? No

During your experience, did you gain information about premortal existence? No

During your experience, did you gain information about universal connection or oneness? No

During your experience, did you gain information about the existence of God? No

Concerning our Earthly lives other than Religion:

During your experience, did you gain special knowledge or information about your purpose? No

During your experience, did you gain information about the meaning of life? No

During your experience, did you gain information about an afterlife? Yes I was out of body, which indicated to me there is life after death.

Did you gain information about how to live our lives? No

During your experience, did you gain information about life’s difficulties, challenges and hardships? No

During your experience, did you gain information about love? No

What life changes occurred in your life after your experience? Slight changes in my life. Before, I believed in God but did not attend church regularly. I now attend church regularly. I feel God saved me with the miracle of life again.

Have your relationships changed specifically because of your experience? No

After the NDE:

Was the experience difficult to express in words? No

How accurately do you remember the experience in comparison to other life events that occurred around the time of the experience? I remember the experience more accurately than other life events that occurred around the time of the experience. I do not remember the time period from a day before this event to a couple of days after I woke up. I remember my out of body experience, especially due to intense fear it caused me to experience.

Do you have any psychic, non-ordinary or other special gifts after your experience that you did not have before the experience? No

Are there one or several parts of your experience that are especially meaningful or significant to you? It was an emotional thing having my dad tell entities that were putting me in a grave that it wasn't my time.

Have you ever shared this experience with others? Yes I shared this as soon as I woke up from my coma. People that know me personally believe what I've told them. Others may be apprehensive.

Did you have any knowledge of near death experience (NDE) prior to your experience? No

What did you believe about the reality of your experience shortly (days to weeks) after it happened? Experience was definitely real. This experience is vivid in my memory. It still scares me thinking about the fact I was almost gone for good, instead of just being gone for the 30 minutes I was without a heartbeat.

What do you believe about the reality of your experience now? Experience was definitely real. A person can't make this stuff up. I still recall it vividly.

At any time in your life, has anything ever reproduced any part of the experience? No

Is there anything else that you would like to add about your experience? There is an afterlife. I can't say where I was, but I was no longer in my body.

Are there any other questions that we could ask to help you communicate your experience? I'm good.

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