Darin Hamm Shares Death with Son
What Researchers Found
The Story
Darren Hamm, a father from Pennsylvania, experienced a shared near-death experience in 2011 while holding his two-year-old son Griffin, who was dying from a sudden illness and on life support after being declared brain dead. Darren touched Griffin's hand and head, then left his body and traveled to heaven holding Griffin's hand. They glided peacefully through a blue atmosphere of profound love. Griffin smiled and telepathically told Darren he was not sick, revealing total painlessness and full understanding. Darren had a life review, seeing his selfish use of relationships and God's plan for him to love others. He grasped eternity, with time as a brief spark. Griffin tried to introduce him to Jesus, who asked if Griffin could stay. Darren said 'Wow' in awe of the love, then returned to his body. After the experience, Darren transformed instantly, gaining lasting peace and focusing on love and relationships. His marriage improved, family strengthened, and he read the Bible extensively. He developed a gift to prevent suicides, helping over 100 people.
“i i knew that he knew my thoughts at that point and he he had sent to me”
This account details a subjective shared death experience involving spiritual visions, telepathic communication, life review, and overwhelming love, but contains no claims of veridical perceptions of physical events or details inaccessible by normal senses. Without any verifiable observations from an out-of-body perspective or similar, the evidential strength is minimal.
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
This account details a subjective shared death experience involving spiritual visions, telepathic communication, life review, and overwhelming love, but contains no claims of veridical perceptions of physical events or details inaccessible by normal senses. Without any verifiable observations from an out-of-body perspective or similar, the evidential strength is minimal.
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.