Man Struck By Lightning, Died And Shown Future Visions On World Financial Crisis In Her NDE
What Researchers Found
The Story
Anthony David Soria was struck by lightning in 1994 while using a payphone at a communal birthday party near Sleepy Hollow Lake in New York. He was preparing food for the event when he stepped away to call his mother. During the near-death experience, Soria left his body and observed a nurse performing CPR on him. He realized his spirit was eternal and separate from his physical form, which looked like an empty shell. He tried to interact but could not be seen or heard. Moving toward the stairs, he lost his physical form and became a ball of energy. He passed through walls and the roof into a river of pure positive energy emanating from a bluish-white light, feeling overwhelming love and peace he identified as God energy. He saw a collage of high and low points from his life. Then, he was suddenly pulled back into his body, experiencing intense pain and resisting the return. After the NDE, Soria shifted from his career in academic orthopedics, which no longer seemed important. He gained a new understanding of eternal life, reincarnation, spiritual evolution through service to others, and the illusion of death. He viewed reality as extending far beyond science and lost his fear of dying.
“was beautiful outside Sun was shining it was a pleasant temperature and everything seemed good at some point I had decided I should call my mom to check on her cuz she was not going to”
The account features a verified out-of-body perception of specific details in the upstairs pavilion (people present, kids' order, furniture arrangement) while the experiencer lay unconscious outside from lightning strike, providing moderate-to-high evidential strength. However, lack of clinical death confirmation, single verified claim amid many unverified elements, and post-event reporting limit the overall score. No remote or impossible access beyond same-building OBE.
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 features a verified out-of-body perception of specific details in the upstairs pavilion (people present, kids' order, furniture arrangement) while the experiencer lay unconscious outside from lightning strike, providing moderate-to-high evidential strength. However, lack of clinical death confirmation, single verified claim amid many unverified elements, and post-event reporting limit the overall score. No remote or impossible access beyond same-building OBE.
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.