Louis got in bed with me and embraced me, hugging and whispering to me that he loved me. I could smell him, feel his body, hear his voice in my ear. We both levitated off the bed in a joyous embrace and it was blissful to hug him again after all these years. I kept thinking, this is real, this is really happening, even though it was so odd to levitate above the bed - and the bedsheet came up with us! That made me know it was real and I was still in my body. After a short time, I don’t know how long, we descended back to the bed and then I realised that Louis was gone.

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?          Yes

          Describe what you heard, how clearly you heard it and what was communicated:   Louis whispered in my ear in his unmistakable voice that he loved me and missed me

          Did the voice or sound seem to originate externally or outside of you, inside you, or did you not hear a voice or sound, but had a sense of knowing what was communicated?     Came from Louis’s lips to my ear. He was there, it was his body, he felt and smelled like he did when alive.

          If you heard a voice or sound, was it similar or dissimilar from the voice or sound the deceased made when they were alive?     It was his voice as I remembered it.

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

          Was there any possible impairment to your hearing at the time of the experience?   No

Did you feel a touch or experience any physical contact from the deceased?         Yes

Louis slide into bed beside me and took me in his arms.

            Was the touch familiar or unfamiliar? Very familiar - the feeling of him coming to bed was something I had forgotten as he had been dead 12 years but it was totally familiar.

          Was anything communicated by the touch? Love, tenderness

            Is there any possibility what you felt was from any other source present in the surroundings at the time of your experience?   It is conceivable that pit was just a very vivid dream but totally different than any dream I have ever had, and I keep a dream journal and have a very active dream life. This felt real.

Did you see the deceased?       Yes

He looked like he did when we first met, when he was 29 or 30. He was naked or in brief underwear, I can’t recall as this was now 15 years ago or so.

            How clearly did the deceased appear?            He appeared solid.

            How much of the deceased did you see?       His entire body.

            Did the deceased appear or not appear to be the age at which they died?           He had been ill and evacuated at time of death. Here he was healthy as he had been when we first met and several years after until he became ill.

            How healthy did the deceased appear to be?            Healthy and vibrant and vital.

            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? Yes

          What smell, scent, fragrance or odor did you smell?          The familiar scent of his body.

          Was the smell, scent, fragrance or odor familiar?          Totally familiar though I had not smelled him in so many years.

          Was anything communicated by the smell?  Comfort.

          Is there any possibility that the smell, scent, fragrance or odor was from any other source present in the surroundings at the time of your experience?         I don’t think so.

How long did the experience last?      Not sure, I think about 10-15 minutes. It was not fleeting.

Was the beginning and end of the experience gradual or more sudden?       His appearance was sudden. He just appeared and slid into bed beside me. After we levitated and the. Descended back into the bed, his disappearance was just as sudden.

Could you sense the emotions or mood of the deceased?          Yes

Loving, he said had missed me, had wanted to hold me in his arms again.

Did the deceased give you information you did not previously know?  I asked him if he was not really dead and he said he was not dead and that no one ever dies.

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

          Please explain why you view the reality of your experience as real or not real:   Felt real, solid, clear, vivid, and feels like any memory of something that has happened to me.

          Was the experience dream like in any way?  No

Describe in detail your feelings/emotions during the experience:  I was absorbed in a book, as I often am. I was not thinking of him at all when he appeared. I was relaxed and happy to be having some leisurely down time. In a mellow mood.

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

After this event I didn’t feel as lonely for him anymore, I knew he was looking after me and available to me and would hear me if I ever mentally talked to him...

What was the best and worst part of your experience?          Best part was the physical, tactile ability to hug and kiss my mate whom I had lost so long ago. Worst part was that it was an isolated incident.

Has your life changed specifically as a result of your experience? No     

Did you have any changes of attitudes or beliefs following the experience?      No     

Did the experience give you any spiritual understandings such as life, death, afterlife, God, etc.?  Yes    I feel certain of eternal life.

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

Louis had a long illness and knew he was dying. He promised me he would contact me if there was life after death. Soon after his passing, I had a couple minor episodes—hearing a song on the radio, other things that could have been explained away as coincidences, but that did nevertheless support my belief in life after death . But this event happened years and years later and to me was unmistakable proof.

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?          Joy, certainty in life after death and that Louis and I were eternally connected.

Was the experience witnessed or experienced by others?          No

Did you have any sense of altered space or time?          Uncertain

I am not sure how long Louis and I embraced and connected, but then again, it is a timeless experience when you are making out with your boyfriend!

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?      Uncertain

I feel I have become more and more deeply intuitive through the years. Not psychic, but very sensitive, empathic, with inner knowing and guidance. This process began before this experience, though.

Did you experience a separation of your consciousness from your body?   Uncertain

I might have considered that the levitation was an out of body experience except that the bed sheet came with us as we lifted off the bed. The sheet made me think I was still in my physical body.

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    Shared with close friends and family. Some say it must have been a dream, others shared with me their own strange encounters with dead loved ones.

Have you shared this experience formally or informally with any other researcher or web site?         No

 Is there anything else you would like to add regarding your experience?   It was real to me, a great gift. Have always had faith, but to me this is personal proof for me.

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? Uncertain 

This was the most tangible experience but have traveled out of body in dream states and have had many tiny experiences that are easily explained away as coincidence.

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

Please offer any suggestions you may have to improve this questionnaire.       Very good questionnaire, am binge watching the new Netflix series Surviving Death and got the impulse to search for the survey/questionnaire mentioned in one of the episodes!