Ian Nicholson

In 1974, when I was 11, I was cycling with a friend. We were speeding downhill in our neighborhood when a little girl stepped out in front of me. I swerved to avoid her and crashed into a tree. The bike was totaled. I lay on the ground - motionless. My friend rushed to my parents' house nearby to get help and returned soon after with my brother.

At this point, I was seeing the whole thing like I was floating above myself. I saw my brother pick me up off the ground and carry me home. I followed just behind his shoulder!When my mother saw me, she burst into tears and quickly cleared the kitchen table to lay me on it. I was watching everything like my head was an inch or two below the ceiling!

An ambulance was called, but since I had already been moved and our house was near to the hospital, it was decided to take me there directly by car.

During the trip to the hospital was when I saw the bright light. I looked down at my spiritual body and saw the light not only penetrate me with a bluish glow, but I felt it actually pushing me back. 

Looking down, I could see the doctors in their white coats standing over me.

Suddenly, I felt a pain in my mouth. I had suffered a severe impact to my face, broken a tooth and split my gums.

I woke up in my own bed three days later with no memory of the accident or what happened prior to it. All I could remember was the experience I'd had! At that age, I'd never heard of NDEs or astral projection. But many years later, when I read of these things, I suddenly realized that is exactly what I had experienced.