My Dad, age 92, had been admitted to Huntsville Hospital on Sunday January 10, 2021, when his O2 levels got low. His assisted living facility then called Thrive called for an ambulance to take him to the hospital. Some people had already been diagnosed with COVID in the building.  I had obtained ivermectin and silver ionic solution for him prior to this but he refused to use them when he got sick, saying "I don't believe in that stuff." We were not allowed to visit him at Thrive for many weeks prior.  He called me from the hospital on Tuesday January 12 in the evening and he sounded quite well, alert and talkative, he said he could see the lights of Huntsville out his hospital window and it was beautiful.  But the next day the doctor called to say Bill had taken a turn for the worse and said we had permission to visit him in the COVID ward on Thursday the 14th. So my husband and I visited Bill that day. We had to wear mask and gowns. I went in first and Bill asked if I was there to take him home, I had to say no. That was very difficult for me. They had given him a sedative in the middle of the day (I don't know why), so when my husband came in to see him after me, Bill was mostly asleep. When my husband came out of Bill's room a nurse went up to him and took his mask off and reversed it and put it back on his face, saying he had it on backwards.  Oh. My. God.  I state here and for the record that neither I nor my husband contracted COVID that day, nor ever since.  Bill continued to worsen, we were not allowed to visit him again.

  On Sunday night, January 17, before going to bed at our house 35 miles away in Gurley, I gave my phone to my husband because I did not want the nurse to call me in the middle of the night to tell me Bill was gone. (My husband sleeps in the other room.) That night/early morning, I dreamed I was suddenly in Bill's hospital room in Huntsville Hospital. The nurses and doctors were frantic, he was dying, they were running around with these horrible looking machines on carts trying to bring him back to life. It was frenetic, they were very excited. But I was there, and then Bill sat up in his bed, and he looked at me and he got up, wearing his hospital gown.  Ignoring all the nurses and the chaos, together hand in hand we walked through the wall of the hospital room into what felt like a shopping mall. Lots of shops, and benches to sit on. There were some restrooms under the escalator and Bill said he needed to use the men's room. So I sat on a nearby bench and I waited for him. and I waited, and I waited. I was wondering what the heck was taking him so long in the restroom??  Finally he comes out, no more hospital gown, he was dressed like always in his Khaki slacks, light blue button down shirt and "Members Only" tan jacket, with usual tennis shoes on. And he said, "OK, I'm ready!  Let's go!" And the dream ended. I don't know what time it was. When I woke up around 6:30, my husband handed me my phone and said "The nurse called at 3 am. Bill is gone." But I already knew it.

Background Information:

Date of experience:          1/18/2021

Length of time between death of deceased and your experience:  Coincident.

Was the date of the experience significant in any way?            No

General geographic location of experience:  Huntsville, Madison County, Alabama

Details of location of experience and your activity at the time of experience:          I was sleeping.

Degree of bereavement for deceased immediately prior to the experience:      Severe sadness and/or grief feelings

Degree of alertness immediately prior to experience:            Asleep

After your experience, did you consider the contents of your experience:    Mixed

Have you had multiple experiences?   Yes    Death of my step Dad

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:   The beeping machines, alarms. The mall setting was peaceful and quiet, fountains and potted plants.

          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?     I experienced the event.

          If you heard a voice or sound, was it similar or dissimilar from the voice or sound the deceased made when they were alive?     I heard Bill's voice as he always sounded.

          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

We held hands as we exited the hospital room scene and entered the mall.

Was the touch familiar or unfamiliar? Familiar, warm.

          Was anything communicated by the touch? "Let's go"

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

Did you see the deceased?       Yes

Normal, in hospital gown, later dressed.

How clearly did the deceased appear?            Solid

How much of the deceased did you see?       All of him.

Did the deceased appear or not appear to be the age at which they died?           It was him at that time.

How healthy did the deceased appear to be?            He appeared to be healthy.

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?      Maybe 20 minutes, he was in that restroom along time.

Was the beginning and end of the experience gradual or more sudden?       Both beginning and end were sudden.

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

He was glad to get the heck out of that hospital.

Did the deceased give you information you did not previously know?  no


          Was the experience dream like in any way?  Yes

Moving from one scene to another, as in a dream. Otherwise it was very tangible and I still remember it.


Describe in detail your feelings/emotions during the experience:  I was glad to be there for him, to hold his hand and help him get out of there. Afterwards I had a feeling of knowing he was gone.

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

We both grieved at his passing. He was a big part of our lives.

What was the best and worst part of your experience?     It was too short. I miss him.

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.?  No Response         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?     No

Did you observe or hear anything regarding people or events during your experience that could be verified later?          Yes I knew he had died before my husband told me.


What emotions did you feel during the experience?          So glad I got to see him one more time.

Was the experience witnessed or experienced by others?          No

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

Time is different there.

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?      No

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

Did you meet or see any other beings other than the deceased?   Yes

Doctors and nurses at the hospital. There was no one else at the mall.

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    Friends and family understand. I only tell them my experience, it's up to them what to do with the =information.

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?   Thank you for allowing me to share this.

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?       Yes 

Our standing joke between me and my husband is whenever, wherever we hear that old Bell Telephone ring tone, Bill is nearby. That's the ringtone my husband gave for Bill when he was alive.

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

Over the years in adulthood I have had a number of OBEs and paranormal experiences involving signs and communications from the non physical realm. I wish I could induce OBE on command but I am unable to will it to happen. Unfortunately, as I grow older, these experiences are becoming more and more rare and I regret that.