Near-Death Experience - Bruce Van Natta - Saved By Two Angels Then Miraculously Healed
What Researchers Found
The Story
Bruce Van Notta was a self-employed diesel mechanic and Christian family man with a wife and four children. On November 16, 2006, he experienced a near-death event when a jack failed under a Peterbilt logging truck, and the axle crushed his midsection. During the NDE, Bruce prayed for help, and all pain left his body. His spirit floated to the ceiling, where he looked down on the scene. He saw the truck driver kneeling and apologizing beside his body. Two large angels, about eight feet tall with broad shoulders and glowing light, knelt on each side with arms angled toward his body. He felt complete peace. Two voices spoke: one urged him to die and go to heaven, the other whispered to fight hard to live. Bruce chose to fight, and his spirit returned to his body. After the NDE, Bruce survived severe injuries including severed arteries, crushed organs, and removed intestines through multiple miracles, such as his intestines growing back after prayer and organs rejuvenating. He left his mechanic job to start SweetBread Ministries, travel with his family to share his testimony, preach, pray for healings, and write the book Saved by Angels. He now teaches how God speaks to everyday people through humility, prayer, and seeking His face.
“never felt any kind of pain like that the very next thing it is i just call”
The account features a severe crush injury leading to unconsciousness with perceptions from an elevated vantage point impossible for ordinary senses, including specific details of the coworker's actions and words, and an emergency responder calling the experiencer's full name. However, no explicit attempts or successes in verifying these perceptions with witnesses are described, and there is no information on the timing of the initial report relative to potential verification, capping the evidential value.
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 severe crush injury leading to unconsciousness with perceptions from an elevated vantage point impossible for ordinary senses, including specific details of the coworker's actions and words, and an emergency responder calling the experiencer's full name. However, no explicit attempts or successes in verifying these perceptions with witnesses are described, and there is no information on the timing of the initial report relative to potential verification, capping the evidential value.
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.