(OPINION) Express – Life after death researchers have published the harrowing account of a man who claims to have temporarily escaped his body when he found himself in the middle of an accidental gas leak explosion.
The man, who only introduced himself as Dave, shared his bizarre account with the Near-Death Experience Research Foundation (NDERF). Dave claims to have had an out-of-body experience in 1976 when he unintentionally ignited a gas leak in his kitchen. The man recalled the flames engulfing his body and being overwhelmed with a strong feeling of fear.
Dave said: “Suddenly, the world exploded in flame in front of me and a strangely muffled boom pressed into my ears. “I remember experiencing the most extreme fear that I had ever felt, then or since. “It was a primal fear where I knew that I was absolutely not in control of the situation and was going to die.”
The next thing Dave remembers is looking down on his body from about five feet away. He added: “I saw my body enveloped by the flames and being thrown back from the pressure wave.”
According to Dave, all of this happened at once as if time had slowed down or lost all meaning. He could not tell if it happened within a “nanosecond or much longer”. Dave did not feel any heightened emotions, such as love or elation, but instead had the explosion “permanently” burned into his memory. READ MORE
