During the early morning hours of August 6, 2024 I had an after death communication in the form of a dream. In the dream I am sleeping on the sofa in the den at my parent's house in Florence, South Carolina. Both of my parents are dead. My mother died on November 17, 2017 and my father passed away on September 14, 2022. In the dream I know my son David is sleeping near me. I feel like my daughter Morgan, my wife Susan, and perhaps Matthew my daughter's fiancé are sleeping in the den too. This is similar to how we had slept when we stayed with my father for a short time in 2018 following the destruction of Hurricane Florence.

In my dream I am awakened by the voices of two people I hear talking on the other side of the wall located behind the sofa in the living room. It is still dark in the den, as well as outside. The others in the den with me are still asleep. I listen to the voices and recognize them. It is my father and his good friend Sankey. I am excited, because I know they are both dead, (Sankey died October 17, 2014) and I think I will get up and investigate. However, before I can move I feel my soul or consciousness being pulled out of my body through my chest by a force that can only be described as being pulled by magnetic attraction or by the suction of a vacuum. This force was so strong it felt as if there was no way to resist its pull. I had experienced this same force in a dream when I relived my death in one of my past lives and my soul was pulled into a vortex in the same manner. I am quickly pulled in astral form to the entrance way from the den to the hallway. As I approached the door to living room, which was located to my left at the end of the hallway opens and my father instantly comes rolling out seated on a desk chair and sliding out in front of the chair in which my father was seated was a wooden table painted light blue. The table was fairly narrow, but long enough to block the entrance from the den to the hallway, acting as a barrier preventing me from proceeding further. Seeing this it reminded me of the actions of a cuckoo clock and the way the door opens on the hour and the little bird quickly pops out. On the table from my left to the right was a telephone, then some paper or notepad, and finally a cup containing ink pens. I could see Sankey seated near my father just inside the living room near its entrance to the hall. My father and Sankey appeared in age as they did when I was a young child in the early 1970s. I was just across the table from my father. We were face to face only about two or three feet apart. I tried to talk to him to tell him I am happy to see him, but the words wouldn't come out my mouth. I was struggling so hard to speak to my father in my sleep that it caused me to awaken from my dream. Upon awakening I realized it was my birthday, (August 6th), and concluded that the dream had been a birthday visit from the spirit world in the form of a dream. A few years earlier my good friend Tim, who died on March 14, 2014, along with my paternal grandmother, who died on November 7, 1993 appeared to me together in a dream on my birthday. As a side note my paternal grandmother made a full physical manifestation in my presence just over three weeks after her death. She also made a full physical manifestation in the presence of my father around that same time, and she appeared to him in the hallway of his house in the same spot where my father appeared to me in my dream.

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:   I heard my father and his friend having a conversation. I no longer recall what they said.

          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?     The voices originated externally.

          If you heard a voice or sound, was it similar or dissimilar from the voice or sound the deceased made when they were alive?     From what I heard both my father and Sankey sounded similar to the way they did when alive.

          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?       Yes

My father looked as he did in his 40s.

            How clearly did the deceased appear?            Solid

            How much of the deceased did you see?       from the knees up.

            Did the deceased appear or not appear to be the age at which they died?           He looked younger like he did during the 1970s when he was in his early 40s.

            How healthy did the deceased appear to be?            They both looked 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?      Minutes

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

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

They both appeared happy.

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

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

          Please explain why you view the reality of your experience as real or not real:   I believe the dead have the ability to communicate with the living through dreams.

          Was the experience dream like in any way?  Yes  It was a dream.

Describe in detail your feelings/emotions during the experience:  Happy and excited

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

What was the best and worst part of your experience?          The best part was seeing my dad. The worst part was not being able to talk with my dad.

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.?  Yes    Reconfirmed my belief in life after death.

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?          No

What emotions did you feel during the experience?          excitement

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?   Yes

I experienced this in my dream.

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    They found it interesting.

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? Yes 

I had an NDE as a baby. I have had numerous spontaneous past life recall visions. My grandmother made a full physical manifestation in my presence. I have also had a number of spiritual events.

Did the questions asked and information you provided accurately and comprehensively describe your experience?           Yes

Please offer any suggestions you may have to improve this questionnaire.       None