The first time my uncle spoke to me was while I was sleeping. My husband and I were living in NC at the time. He spoke to me with concerns about my husband's drug addiction and wanted to tell me how proud he was of me because he never told me that. Then at a later date, he sat down with me at a table (I was asleep at the time also during this talk) and he began to tell me how we could make money off the farm my grandfather had left me. He told me to plant it in strawberries and how much money we could make off of it. When I told him he was dead, what was this we stuff, he told me that was beside the point and to listen to him and do what he said do and we could make lots of money this way. After moving from Asheville, he has not spoken to me again in my sleep.

In Jan 2004, my husband was found dead at his best friend's house. It was suspected drug overdose but until we got the autopsy results, we did not know what the cause of death was. I blamed his best friend for not telling me he was there. About 3 weeks after his death, one night while I was sleeping, he came to me in my sleep and told me not to blame Chris, it was an accident and he was sorry. He then told me he missed me and he loved me. Then he would speak to me often in my sleep. Then on one occasion, he took me to where they did his autopsy. I was like floating with him at the end of the table his body was lying on. I saw the people in the room and his body. He showed me who had stolen his wedding band and his sweater from his body after the autopsy was completed and then he told me not to let this man get away with this. He told me not to do nothing that I was a fighter and to move mountains if I had to to get them back. The last time my husband has spoken to me in my sleep was in Sept 2004. He came to me and asked me if he was really dead. I told him yes he was. He said he loved me and has not spoken anymore since then. I can feel his presence in our home at times and my son and I have seen in walking thru the house from room to room.

Any associated medications or substances with the potential to affect the experience?    

No

Was the kind of experience difficult to express in words?

Yes     At the time of this experience, was there an associated life threatening event?   

No        

Did you see a light?           No      

Did you meet or see any other beings?           No      

Did you experiment while out of the body or in another, altered state?     No      

Did you observe or hear anything regarding people or events during your experience that could be verified later? Yes            The people my husband showed me at his autopsy were the ones in the room while it was being preformed.

Did you notice how your 5 senses were working, and if so, how were they different?          No      

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

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

Did you reach a boundary or limiting physical structure?                     No      

Did you become aware of future events?       No           

Were you involved in or aware of a decision regarding your return to the body?       No      

Did you have any psychic, paranormal or other special gifts following the experience that you did not have prior to the experience?     No      

Did you have any changes of attitudes or beliefs following the experience?      Yes    

How has the experience affected your relationships? Daily life? Religious practices? Career choices?        No

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

Have you shared this experience with others?  Yes     When I spoke to my cousin about these experiences, he told me his experiences with similar experiences about dead loved ones. I also told a friend of mine and he told me that he and his mother talk to each other all the time while he is sleeping.

What emotions did you experience following your experience?  happy but sad

What was the best and worst part of your experience?      I was so glad to be able to see and speak to my husband since his death but it made me miss him even more.

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

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