Ken Johnson's swine flu, biblical NDE
What Researchers Found
The Story
Ken Johnson, a 58-year-old air traffic controller, had a near-death experience from H1N1 swine flu that led to pneumonia, ARDS, deep vein thrombosis, and blood complications. He spent 126 days in hospitals in a medically induced coma with a 5% survival chance. During the NDE, he first saw a frightening evil being in a hospital hallway near the morgue. He then appeared outside a white house in darkness and entered a kitchen where a silhouetted woman said not to fear and that he was safe. In total darkness, a voice showed him a single red flower like a rose, his food, sweet as honey but bitter in the stomach; he decided on it, later seen as eating God's love from the Bible. He entered a beautiful field of colorful flowers with a soothing breeze, surrounded by white light full of love. A voice said, 'I love you more than you will ever know, and I have you in my right hand.' His deceased brother Ricky appeared young, touched his shoulder, and said he must return as he would be okay. Ken awoke from the coma. After recovery, Ken transformed into a more faithful person. He shares his story widely to spread God's love and peace, experiences signs like reuniting with an estranged brother and helping a woman with cancer and another suicidal caller through prayer and testimony.
“and that that peace that i felt in and the piece just went over my body and”
The NDE occurred during a medically severe induced coma, but features no veridical perceptions of physical events or details inaccessible to normal senses; the primary experiences are spiritual visions with post-hoc biblical parallels confirmed by others, and a hallway entity seen while conscious on a gurney with normal sensory access. The morgue location was later explained by a nurse but does not qualify as evidential since it was perceptually accessible, limiting overall strength.
Score reflects verifiable perceptions reported. A low score indicates the experience was primarily spiritual or subjective, not that it didn't occur.
Score reflects transformation as described. Domains scored 0 indicate the topic was not discussed, not that no change occurred.
Are you here because someone you love has died?
These accounts were gathered because death may not be the end. Thousands of people have experienced something beyond — and come back to tell us about it.
What Researchers Found
The NDE occurred during a medically severe induced coma, but features no veridical perceptions of physical events or details inaccessible to normal senses; the primary experiences are spiritual visions with post-hoc biblical parallels confirmed by others, and a hallway entity seen while conscious on a gurney with normal sensory access. The morgue location was later explained by a nurse but does not qualify as evidential since it was perceptually accessible, limiting overall strength.
Score reflects verifiable perceptions reported. A low score indicates the experience was primarily spiritual or subjective, not that it didn't occur.
Score reflects transformation as described. Domains scored 0 indicate the topic was not discussed, not that no change occurred.