What He Saw Will Shock You - Man Dies and Is Shown The Future (NDE)

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T&H - Afterlife
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August 27, 2024
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Experiencer: Rev. Bill McDonald

What Researchers Found

The Story

ndecardiac arrestvery_positiveSignificant Transformation⭐ 9/10 Intensity

Bill Schogol was an 8.5-year-old boy in a hospital bed, alone and in great pain from illness. This caused his first near-death experience. During the NDE, his body felt quiet with no pain. He felt light like a feather and floated upward. He sensed deep love and became one with it. The room brightened like clouds around an airplane. He realized he was consciousness without a body and saw his body below, knowing it was not him. Instead of a past review, he viewed his future: high school, meeting his wife, President Kennedy's assassination with multiple shooters, Vietnam War battles, his children, jobs, and a trip to India. Numbers 29 and 59 appeared, flipping between them. After the NDE, Bill followed the visions, which guided him through life. They saved his life in Vietnam and helped him avoid death at 29 by living healthily. At nearly 59, he had a heart attack but survived, gaining a sense of mission to help others and strong cosmic awareness.

✦ AI Generated
Evidence Strength
75%
21/28
Strong

The account features strong precognitive elements with specific, verified predictions like the Kennedy assassination (reported beforehand) and cryptic numbers (29/59) confirmed by a doctor 50 years later, which were unpredictable for an 8-year-old. However, it lacks clinical death, remote veridical perceptions, or detailed contemporaneous OBE observations beyond seeing one's own body. Multiple claims show good verification and temporal precedence, but limited medical severity and access impossibility temper the score.

C6 Weight3
C7 Precedence3
C3 Specificity3
C5 Verification4
C1 Medical Severity2
C4 Unpredictability4
C2 Access Impossibility2

Score reflects verifiable perceptions reported. A low score indicates the experience was primarily spiritual or subjective, not that it didn't occur.

Experience Depth
94%
30/32
Deep NDE
Cognitive
Life review1
Thought speed2
Time distortion2
Sudden understanding2
Affective
Joy2
Cosmic unity2
Brilliant light2
Peace pleasantness2
Paranormal
Esp2
Out of body2
Precognition2
Enhanced senses2
Transcendental
Mystical being0
Unearthly world2
Spirits deceased0
Border point no return1
Life Impact
44%
22/50
Significant Transformation
Breadth: 7/10 domainsDepth: 3.1/5.0
Appreciation for Life
3
Self-Perception & Identity
4
Compassion & Concern for Others
2
Values & Priorities
3
Spiritual Awareness
5
Attitude Toward Death
4
Purpose, Meaning & Life Direction
4

Score reflects transformation as described. Domains scored 0 indicate the topic was not discussed, not that no change occurred.

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