NDE: I Drowned And It Changed My Life - Near Death Experience
What Researchers Found
The Story
An 11- or 12-year-old girl experienced a near-death event while swimming alone in a pool. She held her breath underwater and lay on the bottom until she entered the experience. She found herself in a tunnel of bright light, energy, love, and warmth. No fear existed; instead, peace, joy, and acceptance surrounded her. Beautiful, indescribable music filled the space, along with floating pinpoints of light like stars. Unseen beings, feeling like family or ancestors, greeted her with waves of love from beyond a soft curtain. She heard her living grandmother's voice offering a choice to stay but stating it was not her time. She recalled her mother and family, saw her body on the pool bottom, and returned instantly. Her lungs burned as she surfaced for air. She kept the event secret for many years, fearing punishment and puzzled by her grandmother's presence since she was alive far away. The experience left a lasting impression, leading her to share it later in life.
“or tunnel by waves of joy and love like I was coming home after a while I”
This NDE includes a vague out-of-body perception of one's own body at the pool bottom and an unverified sense of a living grandmother's voice from 2000km away, but lacks specific details, verification attempts, or timely reporting. No confirmed veridical elements limit evidential strength despite moderate unconsciousness and access impossibility.
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What Researchers Found
This NDE includes a vague out-of-body perception of one's own body at the pool bottom and an unverified sense of a living grandmother's voice from 2000km away, but lacks specific details, verification attempts, or timely reporting. No confirmed veridical elements limit evidential strength despite moderate unconsciousness and access impossibility.
Score reflects verifiable perceptions reported. A low score indicates the experience was primarily spiritual or subjective, not that it didn't occur.
Was this Evidence Strength score useful?
Was this Experience Depth score useful?
Score reflects transformation as described. Domains scored 0 indicate the topic was not discussed, not that no change occurred.
Was this Life Impact score useful?