Sharon Milliman: A Song in the Wind
What Researchers Found
The Story
Sharon Millerman, a retired banker from West Virginia, experienced her third NDE during emergency surgery for a bowel blockage caused by adhesions in November 2016. On the operating table, her spirit left her body and floated above, watching the surgeons work. She ascended through a rainbow-colored light to heaven, arriving beside a tall golden wall surrounding a glorious city. She saw open gates leading to a vibrant meadow with wildflowers and recognized familiar scenes from prior NDEs. A playful brown and white beagle puppy appeared at her feet. Hundreds of joyful people from all backgrounds, each with an angel, emerged from a garden and entered the city amid music and festive sounds. She recognized a deceased friend's son and his father, who had just died. Informed it was not her time, she entered a building and viewed the illuminated golden Book of Life but could not read it. Infused with divine knowledge, she returned to her body. Later confirmations showed the man and puppy's earthly fates matched her vision, reinforcing her belief in heaven for all souls and animals. This deepened her sense of universal love and purpose in sharing her experiences, despite ongoing earthly challenges like depression.
“that this angel was the angel of death and i don't know what made me think that”
The account features multiple verified perceptions of real-world events inaccessible during surgery, including recognizing a recently deceased father with a known deceased son from Facebook and a neighbor's abused beagle puppy in heaven, confirmed later that day via friend and daughter. However, the operating room OBE lacks specific verifiable details or pre-verification reporting, and claims are moderately specific without exceptional precision.
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 multiple verified perceptions of real-world events inaccessible during surgery, including recognizing a recently deceased father with a known deceased son from Facebook and a neighbor's abused beagle puppy in heaven, confirmed later that day via friend and daughter. However, the operating room OBE lacks specific verifiable details or pre-verification reporting, and claims are moderately specific without exceptional precision.
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.