Man Dies And Re-Lives His Entire Life From Conception - Near Death Experience (NDE)
What Researchers Found
The Story
Robert Bear, a retired California Highway Patrol officer and former university professor, suffered a massive heart attack shortly after boarding a plane in March 2009. He was clinically dead for 45 minutes and later 10 minutes. During the first NDE, he gravitated into a bright light filled with warm, unearthly colors. He felt a presence and entered the presence of a higher power. He underwent a life review from conception to death, reliving events and feeling his own emotions plus those of people he affected. He saw his deceased dog Scooter nearby. In the second NDE, he floated above his body in the hospital emergency room. He watched doctors perform CPR and saw flatline on the monitor. He also observed admissions staff searching his belongings. After the NDEs, Robert transformed his life. He avoided leadership roles, became a grant writer for charities like homeless shelters and humane societies, co-founded Spiritual Awakenings International to help experiencers, became pro-life, and focused on treating people with kindness and respect.
“were colors I'd never seen in my life they don't exist on this Earth it was”
The account features a strong veridical OBE claim where the experiencer accurately described events and dialogue in a separate hospital admissions room while clinically dead in the ER, verified word-for-word by staff shortly after. An additional exceptional verification involves precisely describing a previously unseen family photo from his life review, confirmed by his father with details matching exactly. These corroborated perceptions during extreme medical crisis provide high evidential strength, though limited to a few key incidents.
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 features a strong veridical OBE claim where the experiencer accurately described events and dialogue in a separate hospital admissions room while clinically dead in the ER, verified word-for-word by staff shortly after. An additional exceptional verification involves precisely describing a previously unseen family photo from his life review, confirmed by his father with details matching exactly. These corroborated perceptions during extreme medical crisis provide high evidential strength, though limited to a few key incidents.
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.