“”does anyone know if people black out under such circumstances, or what other perceptions they feel?””
Come on! They would have to come back from the dead to tell you! Has there ever been someone that has come back to life from falling to their death? Not that I know of.
“Has there ever been someone that has come back to life from falling to their death? Not that I know of.”
I don’t know about that, but there have been several people who have survived a freefall to earth from thousands of feet without a parachute. It’s extremely rare, but it has happened.
See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Fall_survivors
Actually, I thought I read once where a skydiver landed in a bog, or one the side of a hill, and survived. Naturally, they didn’t get into the emotions on the way down.