#342 - Susan Has Two NDE's As A Child, Still Sees Angels
What Researchers Found
The Story
Susan Walter, a farm girl from Iowa, had two near-death experiences as a child caused by a ruptured hernia requiring emergency surgery. At age four, she felt ill with a high fever on the couch. She left her body and viewed her parents and doctor from the ceiling as they decided on hospital transport. She entered a garden with massive trees where three angels greeted her. They showed her the world through the eyes of familiar farm animals like rabbits and birds while her body underwent surgery. At age six, she returned to the garden and asked angels about Sunday school teachings, such as the length of God's day. They let her experience unfamiliar animals, including a whale swimming in space. She witnessed souls emerging in waves from a central light, like the Big Bang. Her soul from the first wave was chosen with two others as Planet creators; she agreed and underwent training before waking in the hospital. After these experiences, Susan vividly remembered details and felt constant angelic presence. As an adult, she broke from her strict Lutheran upbringing, began seeing angels for others in 1997, and now paints angel portraits for a living. She shares her story to help others validate children's experiences.
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The primary veridical claim involves an OBE perception of a specific medical discussion from an overhead vantage point during a serious childhood illness requiring surgery, but lacks any reported verification or confirmation from witnesses. Medical severity is notable with life-saving surgery for ruptured hernia, but no clinical death or flatline; other elements are spiritual without perceptual evidence.
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 primary veridical claim involves an OBE perception of a specific medical discussion from an overhead vantage point during a serious childhood illness requiring surgery, but lacks any reported verification or confirmation from witnesses. Medical severity is notable with life-saving surgery for ruptured hernia, but no clinical death or flatline; other elements are spiritual without perceptual evidence.
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.