The near death experience of Nancy Rynes
What Researchers Found
The Story
Nancy Ryan, a mid-40s atheist scientist, geologist, and archaeologist, suffered a bike accident on January 3, 2014, when an SUV hit her, causing over 100 fractures. During surgery three days later, her heart stopped for two minutes, triggering her NDE. She awoke in a bright meadow with rolling hills and felt a welcoming voice say 'welcome home,' filling her with peace and unconditional love. A spiritual teacher embraced her, revealed pre-birth agreements including this accident as her third chance to reconnect spiritually, and took her on a journey teaching love, gratitude, and connections. She touched a pond for a life review, reliving actions from her and others' perspectives, feeling shame for hurts and joy for kindnesses. The teacher healed her body, gave predictions, and sent her back. After returning, Nancy lost her fear of death, embraced spirituality, started a blog to share lessons, developed strong intuition, communicates with deceased loved ones, and focuses on kindness and helping others, transforming her life completely.
“in my entire life i'd never felt that welcomed anywhere not as much as i was”
While the experiencer underwent clinical death (flatline for 2 minutes) during surgery, there are no claims of veridical perceptions of real-world events during this period or any impossible sensory access. The mysterious trauma nurse appeared while conscious roadside, and her untraceability is anomalous but not a verified external perception claim during unconsciousness.
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
While the experiencer underwent clinical death (flatline for 2 minutes) during surgery, there are no claims of veridical perceptions of real-world events during this period or any impossible sensory access. The mysterious trauma nurse appeared while conscious roadside, and her untraceability is anomalous but not a verified external perception claim during unconsciousness.
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.