>>40740998 (OP)By far the most interesting case I read about was a young boy (less than 5, average age 3.6 in the study) that reported a scary place with angry ghosts. This is consistent with adults that report either hell (religious) or a void (atheists) filled with souls or presences locked in cycles of hate and despair. It seems about ~15% of reported nde's include descriptions of a place that could reasonably be interpreted as hell. As interesting as that is, the most compelling cases are the ones with "veridical" elements, which means pertaining to reality.
Pam Renalds (1991)
>surgery for an aneurysm at an arizone hospital>confirmed 60'F body temp, heart stopped, brain activity flatlined>further anesthetized and blindfolded>report seeing the operation from above in third person view>accurately describes the saw used to cut her skull open despite patients having no way to see the saw even if they weren't clinically dead>specific details of the saw and conversations the surgeons had were confirmed by the staff and independent investigatorsVicki Noratuk (1973)
>blind from birth due to damaged optic nerves>car accident at 22yo>reported seeing her body in the hospital>described her surroundings, including the resuscitation process, the hosptial roof, nearby streets and her own wedding ringRenalds case is the strongest in terms of how "dead" the person was at the time, Noratuk's is the strongest refutation of alternatives like hallucinations or memory reconstruction.