»I Am Dead Now. Ok. Fine. No Problem!« | Davor Pranjic's Near-Death Experience
What Researchers Found
The Story
Mr. Pranjic, a 16-year-old boy from Bosnia, had a near-death experience in early 2017 caused by severe iron deficiency. He collapsed in a cafe while skipping school with friends. During the experience, he left his body and viewed it from above, surrounded by people. He entered a space like the universe, moving through points of light connected by loops. He learned he had died and became aware of unresolved family issues, but they felt unimportant. He noticed no visible body but felt fully present and realized he was 'everything that is.' A bright, expanding feeling of joy came from the top right, removing fear and pain. He heard his name from the top left and returned to his body. After the NDE, he felt profound sadness and dismissed it as a hallucination for 20 years. Now, he pursues the joyful feeling by helping others, becoming more spiritual, fearless of death, and valuing interactions with people. He finds contentment in life.
“I suddenly felt a great sadness, like I'd never felt before in my life. Everyone said, “You're alive, we thought you were dead.”
The NDE features an out-of-body perception from an elevated vantage point during unconsciousness due to severe iron deficiency, but lacks specific, verifiable details beyond a vague scene of people around the body and a friend with long hair. No explicit verifications, unpredictability, or prompt reporting weaken the evidential strength significantly.
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 NDE features an out-of-body perception from an elevated vantage point during unconsciousness due to severe iron deficiency, but lacks specific, verifiable details beyond a vague scene of people around the body and a friend with long hair. No explicit verifications, unpredictability, or prompt reporting weaken the evidential strength significantly.
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.