[Revolting cat!]

I know one who swears he had it during a brain surgery. Floated above the operating table and watched himself being butchered, he says.

It’s unrelated (I think), but dude also believes in the Conspiratorial Theiry of History of the World, you know, the Masons, the Bilderburgers, and such.

[SeekAndFind]

RE: Floated above the operating table and watched himself being butchered, he says.

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I am actually more impressed by a very accurate out-of-the-body experience of a man who was able to describe in great detail WHAT HAPPENED AT HOME (e.g., what his kids were doing at that time) after he “died” in the hospital.

That would be difficult to explain using purely material/physiological explanations.

[MattinNJ]

No conspiracy buff here. I "died" when I was eight from an asthma attack at home. My uncle was a doctor-radiologist of all things-but he revived me. I floated above and could see myself and hear my grandmother's anguished wailings that haunt me to this day-"My God. He's white as a ghost DO SOMETHING". I remember it crystal clear.

Maybe it was the loss of oxygen, maybe not...but I know what I went through.

[ottbmare]

I believe strongly in an afterlife, in encountering Christ after our physical death, and in the likelihood that some people have had out-of-body experiences. But I’ll bet some of the events that took place were not supernatural experiences but were due to inadequate anesthesia.

When I had surgery several years ago I didn’t have an out-of-body experience, but I clearly heard the surgeon and assistant surgeon joshing during my procedure. Later, when I repeated their conversation, my surgeon was very embarrassed. It’s clear that one can be paralyzed and anesthetized but still hear. That could explain a few of these reports (though certainly not all!)

[Finny]

My mom said it happened to her when she was on the operating table. And she doesn’t believe in conspiracy theories!