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Experience description 2551:

#1 - mom passed at home in her bed, my cousin was with me and had gone in to see what was going on with mom, she came into the kitchen and told me that mom was gone, I went in and blessed her everlasting soul, touching the top of her head, even though she hadn't taken a breath in about 15 minutes, her cheeks flushed when I touched her #2 - the next morning I noticed on the kitchen table there were two capital "A's" written in her script in pencil on the table #3 - the same "A" in my mom's hand appeared on the front of the refrigerator taking up the whole front, in pencil #4 - my cat suddenly smelled like she had been sprayed with my mom's perfume....there was no way she could have got it on her, this happened a couple more times...I kept finding shiny new dimes in odd places, for a couple of years...

 Background Information:

 Date of experience:          December 3, 2016

 Length of time between death of deceased and your experience:  #1 - immediate #2 -24 hours  #3 - 7 days #4 - 2 years (ongoing dimes, everywhere)

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

 General geographic location of experience:  Canada

 Details of location of experience and your activity at the time of experience:        mom's bedroom, when her body was still there, next day in her kitchen, a week later in her kitchen...in her house 2 years later

 Degree of bereavement for deceased immediately prior to the experience:  No response

 Degree of alertness immediately prior to experience:        Fully alert

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

 Have you had multiple experiences?   Yes    8

 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

 Did you smell a distinct smell, scent, fragrance or odor associated with the deceased? Yes

           What smell, scent, fragrance or odor did you smell?          my mom's perfume, all over my cat

           Was the smell, scent, fragrance or odor familiar?          yes...my mom's perfume

           Was anything communicated by the smell?  no

           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?         no, everything had been removed that would have held the fragrance

 How long did the experience last?      it happened on several occasions, my cat would just suddenly smell like mom's perfume

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

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

 Did the deceased give you information you did not previously know?          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:   all of the experiences were definitely real, I wasn't over tired or imagining things, I took pictures of the letter "A's" that appeared.

           Was the experience dream like in any way?  No

 What did you feel (while awake) immediately prior to your experience? Relaxed         

Describe in detail your feelings/emotions during the experience:  observant

 Was there any emotional healing in any way following the experience? No

 What was the best and worst part of your experience?     n/a

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

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?          curiosity

 Was the experience witnessed or experienced by others?          No

 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? 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?   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    interest, approval

 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? 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?     No 



Experience description 2552:

I had been camping and went into the small town to shop, do laundry.  I went into a shop and bought a newspaper from Victoria BC (which I had never done or even thought of doing before)...I went outside and immediately turned to about the 4th page and there was an article - a "lost at sea" story, it was Michael, lost overnight while sleeping on the deck of his sail boat...I had not seen him or heard from him in about 3 years...when I saw him last he told me he would never forget me.

 Background Information:

 Date of experience:          August, 1972

 Length of time between death of deceased and your experience:  weeks

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

 General geographic location of experience:  small town, Canada

 Details of location of experience and your activity at the time of experience:        in a small town, main street

 Degree of bereavement for deceased immediately prior to the experience:  No sadness and/or grief feelings

 Degree of alertness immediately prior to experience:        Fully alert

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

 Have you had multiple experiences?   Yes    8

 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

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

 How long did the experience last?      n/a

 Was the beginning and end of the experience gradual or more sudden?      n/a

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

 Did the deceased give you information you did not previously know?          yes, I was notified that Michael was dead...I'm sure this urge to buy the paper and immediately turn to the page with his death notice on it was motivated by Michael...I had previously had people I didn't know and had never seen before walk up to me and say word for word something that Michael had told me

 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:   it was an actual print article with Michael's full name, the name of his boat, dates and all that, in a regular newspaper from a city far away that I had never bought before...so odd

           Was the experience dream like in any way?  No        

Describe in detail your feelings/emotions during the experience:  shock and also a deep feeling of the inevitability of his reading out to me, like it was just normal, calm

 Was there any emotional healing in any way following the experience? No

 What was the best and worst part of your experience?     n/a

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

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?          sadness

 Was the experience witnessed or experienced by others?          Yes

 my husband (now divorced) was there and wondered why I bought a newspaper, observed my reaction to reading the news

 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?         Yes

 it verified that there are multiple planes of existence

 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?   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    just sharing with people those type of experiences

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




Experience description 2554:

#1 - I was sitting on my bed studying and not thinking of anything else but what I was studying (my brother had gone to his place in Vancouver a couple of days before, he was very ill but I was planning on having him for the summer) just sitting studying, suddenly his voice popped into my head and I had a strong, very strong feeling of partying, and fun, he was laughing and he said "you know, it's really not so bad"...the next morning we got a phone call that he had passed the night before, about when I had his voice and feeling pop into my head    #2- a week later I was back in Victoria and was going to take the ferry to Vancouver the next day to make arrangements for Gord, memorial and all, clear his apartment.  I was just sitting on the edge of the deck, no one else aound and I heard, coming from directly behind my head, the whistle my brother and I used to use to signal each other when we were camping, it was a secret whistle we used when we lost sight of each other on trails.

 Background Information:

 Date of experience:          March 1997

 Length of time between death of deceased and your experience:  one immediate upon death, one about a week later

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

 General geographic location of experience:  Canada

 Details of location of experience and your activity at the time of experience:        #1 - studying in my bedroom in my parent's basement   #2 - sitting on my deck in Victoria BC

 Degree of bereavement for deceased immediately prior to the experience:  No sadness and/or grief feelings

 Degree of alertness immediately prior to experience:        Fully alert

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

 Have you had multiple experiences?   Yes    8

 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:          #1- heard his voice, internally, laughing and telling me "it's not so bad" laughing  #2 - our special signal whistle, heard with my ears

           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?          #1 - internal #2 - external

           If you heard a voice or sound, was it similar or dissimilar from the voice or sound the deceased made when they were alive?    yes, exactly the same

           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?       No

 Did you see the deceased?       No

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

 How long did the experience last?      both, very short, minutes

 Was the beginning and end of the experience gradual or more sudden?      both, very sudden

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

 #1-very happy, exuberant

 Did the deceased give you information you did not previously know?          yes, he told me "it's not so bad" meaning dying I assume

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

 Was there any emotional healing in any way following the experience? No

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

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?         #1 - curiosity #2 - wonder and pretty much just thinking, yeah, normal

 Was the experience witnessed or experienced by others?          No

 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? 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?   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    interest

 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? the whistle surprised 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