I was putting milk in the fridge in the kitchen, a black streak caught my eye outside in the patio, so I went to the window and I can only describe a heat shimmer appeared where my father used to sit in his lounger outside on the patio, I looked at it and my father appeared in his same cloths he wore here. He got up off his lounger and floated away, he didn't use his walking stick as he would have done. 2 weeks later I was standing outside a shop and this wee old lady said to me your father is standing behind you, I said I don't think so he died 2 years ago and she said I know, you seen him recently and he wasn't using his walking stick.

Was this experience difficult to express in words?  No

Did you ONLY sense an awareness of presence of the deceased without actually seeing, hearing, feeling or smelling them?            No

Did you hear the deceased or hear something associated with the deceased?          No

Did you feel a touch or experience any physical contact from the deceased?            No

Did you see the deceased?         No comment

appeared the same except without using his walking stick

            How clearly did the deceased appear?            solid, also somewhat transparent

            How much of the deceased did you see?       whole body except face as he was walking away, his back of his whole body I saw

            Did the deceased appear or not appear to be the age at which they died?       same age as when he died

            How healthy did the deceased appear to be?            he didn't have a limp

            Is there any possibility what you saw was from any other source present in the surroundings at the time of your experience?           no

Did you smell a distinct smell, scent, fragrance or odor associated with the deceased?      No

How long did the experience last?        about 7 seconds

Was the beginning and end of the experience gradual or more sudden?         gradual at the beginning and then gradual when he departed

Could you sense the emotions or mood of the deceased?           No

How do you currently view the reality of your experience?           Experience was definitely real

            Please explain why you view the reality of your experience as real or not real:           I know what I seen, I was busy doing things and wasn't even thinking of my dad at the time, Having that wee old lady saying that to me two weeks later confirmed to me it wasn't my imagination.

            Was the experience dream like in any way?   No       

Describe in detail your feelings/emotions during the experience:           Shocked, elated and slightly frightened for a while afterwards

Was there any emotional healing in any way following the experience?           Yes

I felt I could let my father go and I stopped searching for answers to his whereabouts

What was the best and worst part of your experience?      Seeing with my 2 eyes, the worst was what have I done. I thought I prayed for daddy to show me signs of life after death and I was afraid he was going to be stuck here because of me.

Has your life changed specifically as a result of your experience?         Yes                 Describe:            Yes, I find I'm in a very empty world and nobody wants to listen to my stories. Nobody I know believes in afterlife, except my dear husband who died last year and that's another story for you, the experience I've had since he died

Did you have any changes of attitudes or beliefs following the experience?   Yes     I became very spiritual

Did the experience give you any spiritual understandings such as life, death, afterlife, God, etc.?           Yes, I then wanted to find out if there was a god, so I searched and he came to me in my 3rd eye.

Death Compacts are when two or more living people promise among themselves that whoever dies first will try to contact the other(s).  Have you ever made such a compact?        Yes

Did you observe or hear anything regarding people or events during your experience that could be verified later?          No

What emotions did you feel during the experience?            I it happen, I used to say to my dad, Daddy when you die will you come and tell me your still alive. He did. I also then wanted more so I started to say to God please tell me there is a god, This lasted for 1 year after I seen my dad and then I seen Jesus which I think was from my 3rd eye, it was different, it was so beautiful and full of such emotion, I think of that experience everyday of my life.

Was the experience witnessed or experienced by others?           Yes

I phoned my brother straight way to tell him, I said guess who I have just seen a was he replied Daddy, I said why do you say that and he said he had seen him get out of a van that arrived at his house and when the man got close it wasn't daddy but a workman, but my brother was convinced it was my dad, I would call that transfiguration

Did you have any sense of altered space or time?   No

Did you have a sense of knowing, special knowledge, universal order and/or purpose?    No

Did you become aware of future events?       No

Did you have any psychic, paranormal or other special gifts following the experience that you did not have prior to the experience?         Yes

I saw Jesus a year later, I also became quite intuitional

Did you experience a separation of your consciousness from your body?     No

Did you meet or see any other beings other than the deceased?            No

Did you see a light?           No

Did any part of your experience seem to occur in a place other than the location described above?            No

Have you shared this experience with others?         Yes     my brother, he sort of believes me as he seen dad as well at the same time in a different location, he doesn't say much in case he is ridiculed

Have you shared this experience formally or informally with any other researcher or web site?            Yes

I gave same story to SEEING GOD website

 Is there anything else you would like to add regarding your experience?       no

Were there any associated medications or substances with the potential to affect the experience?            No

Following the experience, have you had any other events in your life, medications or substances which reproduced any part of the experience?         No 

Did you ever in your life have a near-death experience, out of body experience or other spiritual event?           Yes 

When I was 21 I had an OBE when I was working in a office, I seemed to see myself and was telling myself to hurry up and get back into my body as I would miss the post at 5.30pm, about 2 months later I was decorating flat for Christmas and suddenly I felt so tired and never felt like it in my life, I went to bed for a nap and suddenly I felt a weight on me and I was sinking deeper and deeper. I suddenly was in this tunnel like a vortex and there was a pinhead of a light at the end of it and I felt it was taking ages to get to it, suddenly I came out of the tunnel and it was beautiful, I arrived at white pearly gates and all these people behind the gates had their arms stretched out , I felt they all loved me, I never knew them, I got to the entrance and a voice said to me come in. I said I cant I have to go back and look after my husband, I awoke with a jerk and got up out of bed, may I say I used to get blue lips and out of breath when I ran for the bus but that disappeared after that. I also had never heard of pearly gates before

Did the questions asked and information you provided accurately and comprehensively describe your experience?               Yes