NDE TV Presents Jacob, whooping cough at age 3 caused his Near Death Experience.
What Researchers Found
The Story
Jacob Cooper was a three-year-old boy who had a near-death experience in September 1993. It was caused by whooping cough, which led to suffocation while he climbed a ladder at a playground. During the NDE, he left his body and watched it shut down, including his brain snapping in half from lack of oxygen. He moved upward in a tunnel of euphoria and vibrations. He connected with God as a powerful golden light and experienced Christ consciousness as a bronze-gold energy. He met his male and female spiritual guides in a reunion. He saw his lifeless body on the ground and could not communicate with worried people nearby. He observed an endless sea of childlike angels and his soul family. A life review showed perspectives from this life and past lives, including one where he committed suicide. He chose to return to bring heavenly insights to Earth. After the NDE, Jacob felt trauma and anger, keeping the experience secret for 15-20 years. He integrated it later, wrote the book Life After Breath, became a hypnotherapist specializing in past life regressions, and now shares his story to empower others with awareness of their inner power and eternal nature.
“turned down heaven to come back to this hell hole and um you know in moments”
This NDE features a severe medical crisis from whooping cough leading to unconsciousness and an OBE where the experiencer claims to observe their lifeless body on the ground at a playground, but lacks any specific, verifiable perceptual details of the physical environment or events. No attempts at verification are mentioned, and the account focuses primarily on internal spiritual phenomena like guides, angels, and life review rather than external veridical perceptions. The narrative is reported decades later without evidence of prompt corroboration.
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 NDE features a severe medical crisis from whooping cough leading to unconsciousness and an OBE where the experiencer claims to observe their lifeless body on the ground at a playground, but lacks any specific, verifiable perceptual details of the physical environment or events. No attempts at verification are mentioned, and the account focuses primarily on internal spiritual phenomena like guides, angels, and life review rather than external veridical perceptions. The narrative is reported decades later without evidence of prompt corroboration.
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.