I DIED and Was Asked: “Do You Want to Come Home?
What Researchers Found
The Story
Kellen Fluegger, a 66-year-old man, experienced a near-death event in 2018 after a cruise. He developed necrotizing MRSA pneumonia in both lungs and his bloodstream, which caused him to flatline in the hospital ICU. During the NDE, his spirit sat up and moved to a doorway between a gray room and a white space. He spoke with a divine being over three conversations. First, he reviewed his life changes since 2007 and chose to return because his mission was not complete. Second, he discussed his purpose of helping others and journeyed through the universe, receiving four truths: everyone is divinely created, has a purpose and gifts, and help is available. He learned a framework to change limiting beliefs. Third, he confirmed his commitment. After waking from a 17-day coma, Kellen wrote two books about the experience and framework. He now coaches, writes, and creates music to reach 300 million people with messages of divinity, purpose, prosperity, and joy.
“television back on. So this time I knew how. So I did and that show started over”
The account describes a severe medical crisis involving cardiac arrest and prolonged coma, supporting high severity, but veridical perceptions are minimal, consisting only of observing standard body restraints confirmed later by a photo taken by his wife. This claim lacks high specificity, unpredictability, and temporal precedence, as it is a common ICU procedure that could be anticipated, with verification and reporting occurring post-event amid numerous unverified visionary elements. Overall evidential strength is constrained by the absence of precise, improbable details or independent corroboration.
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 account describes a severe medical crisis involving cardiac arrest and prolonged coma, supporting high severity, but veridical perceptions are minimal, consisting only of observing standard body restraints confirmed later by a photo taken by his wife. This claim lacks high specificity, unpredictability, and temporal precedence, as it is a common ICU procedure that could be anticipated, with verification and reporting occurring post-event amid numerous unverified visionary elements. Overall evidential strength is constrained by the absence of precise, improbable details or independent corroboration.
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.