Daniel G NDE

Experience Description

I was 4 years old, but retain a crystal-clear memory of the event. My mother left me in the car and took my sisters into the grocery store. She told me to stay in the car. I got out of the car and went into an alley beside the grocery store. As I was standing there, a garbage truck backed into a power pole, and it fell on my legs, breaking both of my legs at the ankles. The live wire struck me on the left shoulder and electrocuted me, setting my clothes on fire. The heat tattooed my shoulder and gave me a black mark, still recognizable to this day.

It was as if I had blinked and my perspective had changed. The best way to describe the sensation is that it was like the changing of a slide in a slide projector. First, I am looking through my eyes. Then, I am looking at myself on the ground from above. My body is pinned beneath the power pole, the wires are about me, and there is smoke in the air. I see myself so plainly from above, that I recognize myself. It is as if I was floating. I felt no pain, discomfort, or feelings of any sort. I was just floating.

I watched as the garbage truck driver lifted the power pole off of me, carried me into the grocery store, and placed me in a janitor's sink to extinguish the fire. The shock of feeling the cold water, changed my perspective changes like advancing to the next slide.

I'm back in my body looking through my eyes. The pain was so intense, that I went into shock. I woke up in the hospital with casts on both of my legs and bandages on my shoulder. It took 6 months for my bones to mend and the casts to be removed. Many years went by before I read about out-of-body experiences. However, the experience left such an impression on me, I never forgot it. It is still with me to this day. The experience was so surreal that I never told anyone until now.

I guess it could also be considered a significant emotional experience because it changed me. After this experience, I began to paint and draw pictures of abstract settings. I'm highly educated, grounded, and otherwise, a normal person.

Background Information:

Gender: Male

Date NDE Occurred: 1954

NDE Elements:

At the time of your experience, was there an associated life-threatening event? Yes Accident Clinical death (cessation of breathing or heart function) A garbage truck backed into a power pole, and it fell on my legs, breaking both of my legs at the ankles. The live wire struck me on the left shoulder and electrocuted me and set my clothes on fire.

How do you consider the content of your experience? Entirely pleasant

Did you feel separated from your body? Yes I saw the setting of the accident and watched actions of the garbage truck driver. I clearly left my body and existed outside it

How did your highest level of consciousness and alertness during the experience compare to your normal everyday consciousness and alertness? More consciousness and alertness than normal. No pain, no discomfort, floating sensation, clear vision, awareness, indelible memory

At what time during the experience were you at your highest level of consciousness and alertness? When I was floating above my body.

Were your thoughts speeded up? No

Did time seem to speed up or slow down? Everything seemed to be happening at once; or time stopped or lost all meaning. Events were transpiring but at a slower pace than normal; like I was just drifting along.

Were your senses More vivid than usual? Incredibly more vivid

Please compare your vision during the experience to your everyday vision that you had immediately prior to the time of the experience. Time seemed to stop so I could see everything around me and what was happening.

Please compare your hearing during the experience to your everyday hearing that you had immediately prior to the time of the experience. I don't remember any sounds during the out-of-body experience.

Did you seem to be aware of things going on elsewhere? No

Did you pass into or through a tunnel? No

Did you see any beings in your experience? No

Did you encounter or become aware of any deceased (or alive) beings? No

Did you see, or feel surrounded by, a brilliant light? No

Did you see an unearthly light? No

Did you seem to enter some other, unearthly world? No

What emotions did you feel during the experience? None to speak of. I was just calm and feeling no pain

Did you have a feeling of peace or pleasantness? Incredible peace or pleasantness

Did you have a feeling of joy? No

Did you feel a sense of harmony or unity with the universe? No

Did you suddenly seem to understand everything? No

Did scenes from your past come back to you? No

Did scenes from the future come to you? No

Did you come to a border or point of no return? I came to a barrier that I was not permitted to cross; or was sent back against my will. Once emerged in the sink and sprayed with cold water, I automatically returned to my body.

God, Spiritual and Religion:

What was your religion prior to your experience? Unaffiliated- Nothing in particular- Religious unaffiliated. I was only 4 years old when I experienced death, an out of body experience, revival, and return to the physical surroundings where the accident occurred.

Have your religious practices changed since your experience? No

What is your religion now? Christian- Catholic Non-practicing/lapsed Catholic

Did your experience include features consistent with your earthly beliefs? Content that was both consistent and not consistent with the beliefs you had at the time of your experience. The setting I was observing was entirely normal but my perspective from above and floating did not seem normal. I was surprised to be looking at myself from above.

Did you have a change in your values and beliefs because of your experience? Yes That out-or-body experiences are real and worthy of scientific study.

Did you seem to encounter a mystical being or presence, or hear an unidentifiable voice? No

Did you see deceased or religious spirits? No

Did you encounter or become aware of any beings who previously lived on earth who are described by name in religions (for example: Jesus, Muhammad, Buddha, etc.)? No

During your experience, did you gain information about premortal existence? No

During your experience, did you gain information about universal connection or oneness? No

During your experience, did you gain information about the existence of God? No

Concerning our Earthly lives other than Religion:

During your experience, did you gain special knowledge or information about your purpose? No

During your experience, did you gain information about the meaning of life? No

During your experience, did you gain information about an afterlife? No

Did you gain information about how to live our lives? No

During your experience, did you gain information about life's difficulties, challenges and hardships? No

During your experience, did you gain information about love? No

What life changes occurred in your life after your experience? Slight changes in my life. I began to draw abstract images and paint unusual paintings.

After the NDE:

Was the experience difficult to express in words? No

How accurately do you remember the experience in comparison to other life events that occurred around the time of the experience? I remember the experience more accurately than other life events that occurred around the time of the experience. I have an exact recognition of what happened during those few moments that couldn't have lasted more than a few minutes. Little else that happened to at the age of 4 years still remains.

Do you have any psychic, non-ordinary or other special gifts after your experience that you did not have before the experience? No

Are there one or several parts of your experience that are especially meaningful or significant to you? Not to my knowledge.

Have you ever shared this experience with others? Yes It was a long time after when I read about out-of-body experiences as an adult and realized that this had happened to me as a child.

Did you have any knowledge of near death experience (NDE) prior to your experience? No

What did you believe about the reality of your experience shortly (days to weeks) after it happened? Experience was definitely real. To me, it was what would happen to anyone. I had no reason to believe otherwise.

What do you believe about the reality of your experience now? Experience was definitely real. My perspective of the accident scene from above and outside of my body, and what happened while I was dead but I vividly remember it.

At any time in your life, has anything ever reproduced any part of the experience? No

Is there anything else that you would like to add about your experience? This is the only time I have died or come close to dying.

Are there any other questions that we could ask to help you communicate your experience? Very thorough interview.

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