Douglas S NDE

Experience Description

I was hit by a car while riding a motorcycle. A friend behind me witnessed the accident. I crashed headfirst through the windshield. I was thrown back about thirty feet, landing flat on my back. Fortunately, helmet laws were in effect at the time. I remember landing on the pavement and losing consciousness.

I clearly recall looking down at myself, lying in the street from a height of about fifteen feet. I watched this happening without any sense of time; it just was. Suddenly, I was back in my body, like smoke sucked into a vacuum. I was overwhelmed by excruciating pain.

My left leg had a compound fracture, and I just wanted to get up and go home. The paramedics put an air cast on my leg. When they inflated it, I lost consciousness again. I remember fading in and out of consciousness in the back of the ambulance. I was experiencing terrible pain, that I hadn’t felt until I returned to my body. I woke briefly in the emergency room, telling nobody in particular that, "It hurt so badly I wished I were dead." The next morning, I awoke in a hospital room, facing a minimum six-month recovery.

What stands out most about my experience is hovering above myself like a spectator, completely free of pain.

Background Information:

Gender: Male

Date of NDE: July 8 1969

NDE Elements:

At the time of your experience, was there an associated life-threatening event? Yes

How do you consider the content of your experience? Entirely pleasant

Did you feel separated from your body? 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? While hovering over myself in the street.
It was if I was in a light haze. I could see fine just a haze was present. Like a cloudy day is the best I can describe it.

At what time during the experience were you at your highest level of consciousness? Less consciousness and alertness than normal

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 My vision was the same. I was viewing the accident as a spectator from above.

Please compare your hearing during the experience to your everyday hearing that you had immediately prior to the time of the experience I don't recall any sound until I returned to my body.

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? No

Did you encounter or become aware of any deceased beings? No

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

Did you see an unearthly light? No

Did you seem to enter another world? No

What emotions did you feel during the experience? It was as though that wasn't me lying in the street.

Did you have a feeling of peace or pleasantness? Relief or calmness

Did you have a feeling of joy? No

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

Did you suddenly understand everything? No

Did scenes from your past come back? No

Did you reach a boundary or limiting physical structure? No

Did you come to a border or point of no return? No

God, Spiritual and Religion:

What was your religion prior to your experience? Christian- Protestant
I was just a kid. I felt there was a God but I didn't dwell on it a lot.

Have your religious practices changed? Yes
I believe completely that I was about to die until God intervened.

What is your religion now? Other or several faiths
I am spiritual. God is everywhere. I don't have to meet Him in a brick-and-mortar structure.

Did your experience include features consistent with your earthly beliefs? Content that was entirely consistent with the beliefs you had at the time of your experience
I was a kid just living life. I was totally confused by the experience. I thought maybe it wasn't real but the memories I do have are so vivid and have not faded through the years.

Did you have a change in your values and beliefs because of your experience? Yes
Life became more valued and I realized a life can be snuffed out in the blink of an eye.

Did you seem to encounter a mystical being or presence, or hear an unidentifiable voice? No

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? No

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
Quite simply I wanted to be a better person given this new opportunity.

Have your relationships changed specifically because of your experience? No

After the NDE:

Was the experience difficult to express in words? Yes
I was absolutely clueless as to if it was real, I never said anything until I read my first NDE.

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
It was a new experience for me. It was so strange and vivid.

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 and is the strangest experience I have had in seventy-one years on this earth.

Have you ever shared this experience with others? Yes
Ten years or so. Their reaction varied from ok if you say so, it was my body protecting itself as best it could from the trauma, to wow! that is amazing.

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
My other memories were jumbled but the hovering was so clear in my memory

What do you believe about the reality of your experience now? Experience was definitely real
I view it as I was about to die and God had other plans for me.

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

Did the questions asked and information that you provided accurately and comprehensively describe your experience? Yes
Why lie or exaggerate is my thinking. I would love to know more about what happened to me.

Anything else to add? No I have told my story as best I can.