Matt Hendrick's 4 Near Death Experiences
What Researchers Found
The Story
Matt Hendrick, a quadriplegic from a car accident 30 years ago, experienced his fourth NDE in February last year. He was in the hospital for sepsis from a bladder infection. While sleeping on his side, his catheter kinked, causing autonomic dysreflexia with high blood pressure and a pounding headache. He left his body and stood under a vast purplish-black sky with an unseen companion. They waited for unusual spinning hawks that flew overhead. He saw a distant city with fluorescent purple geometric outlines like crystals. He walked through tall brownish grass on a path. Cartoonish insects on his hand communicated they make crop circles. He joined a single-file line of happy people, including familiar ones, approaching a dark cave entrance, feeling completely at home and free from paralysis. He woke up in pain, hit the call button, and nurses unkinked the catheter, normalizing his blood pressure. His NDEs increased his awareness of synchronicities and psychic abilities. He now inspires others with a positive attitude, emphasizing that small problems do not matter and humanity should unite.
“but I felt like I really knew them were uh waiting for the Hawks to show”
The account features severe medical crises like cardiac arrest and code blues but lacks strong veridical perception claims; observations are vague, potentially accessible from the bed, with no attempts at verification or confirmed details.
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 severe medical crises like cardiac arrest and code blues but lacks strong veridical perception claims; observations are vague, potentially accessible from the bed, with no attempts at verification or confirmed details.
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.