13 Year Old's NDE (near death experience) from Drowning
What Researchers Found
The Story
Catherine Avery was a 13-year-old girl who had a near-death experience from drowning in a cold Colorado lake during a boating trip. She jumped into the water without a life jacket and struggled underwater. She held her breath, recalled childhood stories about water safety, and prayed for her family while thinking about not blaming others for her death. She left her body, no longer needing air, and entered a space of darkness. She experienced a life review where she saw her entire life backwards in bright, clear detail with no emotions attached. She realized the events were objective reality and chose to accept them without adding excuses. The review rolled up and stored away. She turned toward the next phase but then resurfaced, took a breath, and was helped to shore. After the NDE, Catherine avoided water initially but later took swim lessons. She gained a stronger belief in life after death and lives without regrets. She shares her story to comfort others about the afterlife and feels no fear of being dead, only of the dying process. She senses God's loving presence everywhere.
“what do you love about life well I come from a bigger family I am number two of”
The account describes a brief out-of-body perception of people screaming and crying around the physical body during a claimed cardiac arrest from drowning, but lacks any specific, verifiable, or unpredictable details, with no mention of verification attempts or prior reporting.
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 describes a brief out-of-body perception of people screaming and crying around the physical body during a claimed cardiac arrest from drowning, but lacks any specific, verifiable, or unpredictable details, with no mention of verification attempts or prior reporting.
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.