(OPINION) Express – A person who temporarily died believes she was greeted by mysterious figures in the afterlife who tried to coax her away from ‘the light’. A woman named Yuan temporarily died following an accidental overdose of sleeping tablets.

Yuan was only briefly unconscious, but she said her near-death experience lasted what she thought was a lifetime. She says she saw two mysterious figures who tried to tempt her away from ‘the light’. However, a booming voice saved her from wherever she was going, Yuan said. She detailed her visions on the Near-Death Experience Research Foundation:

“I saw two tall people with fuzzy faces and wearing hoodie-robes who appeared before me. “They asked me to follow them. I had never experienced this surreal and strange feeling before. “I just knew it was all right to go with them. Still, this felt odd and very unfamiliar. I followed them as we walked a long way.

“Suddenly, it seemed like there was a warm light appearing up above my head that was coming down. I was told, ‘Don’t continue, stop going forward!’ “Anyway, I knew in my head that I had to leave these two people. Then, I ran like crazy towards the light. “Initially, one of them tried to grab my hand but he didn’t get to me. They stood there while watching me run. I kept running to the light. I felt much safer afterwards.” Yuan said she was then “instantly” back in her body, but believes she had an “exceptional” experience with the afterlife. READ MORE