Ryan Rampton's Shocking NDE
What Researchers Found
The Story
Ryan Rampton was a professional photographer and firefighter paramedic. He suffered a near-death experience in 2001 from electrocution while fixing a broken studio light by biting on an electrical cord with his teeth. During the NDE, Ryan saw a beautiful light above him. His spirit left his body and entered the light directly, without a tunnel. He arrived in a pure white room and felt excited to be home. A tall being of light, whom he knew as God, appeared and filled him with unconditional love. God showed Ryan a life review, highlighting lessons learned from his experiences with pride and compassion. God asked if Ryan wanted to stay or return. Ryan saw his young children playing below and chose to go back. God sent him back to his body. Ryan asked for help, and the cord came out of his mouth. After the NDE, Ryan survived with no internal organ damage despite severe mouth injuries. He now teaches others about God's unconditional love, helps people recognize their divine worth, and maintains a personal connection to God. He learned to love and forgive himself.
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The NDE features a single veridical claim of observing children engaged in specific shadow puppet play from an elevated vantage in a separate room during apparent clinical death from electrocution, supported by strong medical crisis indicators. However, the complete absence of any reported verification attempts, confirmed verifications, or details on prompt reporting severely limits the evidential 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.
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What Researchers Found
The NDE features a single veridical claim of observing children engaged in specific shadow puppet play from an elevated vantage in a separate room during apparent clinical death from electrocution, supported by strong medical crisis indicators. However, the complete absence of any reported verification attempts, confirmed verifications, or details on prompt reporting severely limits the evidential 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.