[RoosterRedux]

Well, I don't exactly know who would make a reliable witness either, but I usually start with corroboration by a doctor or nurse present when the NDE occurred (corroboration of something that the experiencer could not have seen--in the ER for example--without an OBE).

And then I weigh the language and descriptions used by the person who actually experienced the NDE (if they were analytical in their observations, for example, and used precise language instead of vague descriptions).

I am always suspicious when people try to "sell" their experiences.

[cgbg]

There are some hucksters out there for sure but given the very large number of NDEs out there the self-promoting fraudsters are a statistical anomaly and just noise in what is mostly signal.