Husband and I were side by side on the living room sofa after a long day including two viewing services for my mother-in-law following many months of assisting with in-home care at her daughter's house, not where the experience happened AND caring for our 10-month-old son. We had both put our heads back and dozed off. Woke up to my husband making a horrible, guttural sound. Opened my eyes to see a cool mist all around up. He asked me, 'Do you see that?' The mist was heavy, like a smoke machine that you could barely see through at first. Dissipated over a few, maybe five to ten, seconds. End of event, but we both remember it very clearly. He said he woke up when he felt a cool touch on his cheek.

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?         Yes

Could feel a cool sensation in front of me. It was like standing in front of an open freezer; I could feel that the temperature in front of me was different from around the rest of me.

            Was the touch familiar or unfamiliar? Unfamiliar.

          Was anything communicated by the touch? No

            Is there any possibility what you felt was from any other source present in the surroundings at the time of your experience?   No

Did you see the deceased?       Uncertain

Did not see her, just a translucent form in front of us.

            How clearly did the deceased appear?            Not clearly. Dissipated quickly

            How much of the deceased did you see?       NA

            Did the deceased appear or not appear to be the age at which they died?           NA

            How healthy did the deceased appear to be?            NA

            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?      About 10 seconds

Was the beginning and end of the experience gradual or more sudden?       Was awakened suddenly; and form faded away over the course of a few seconds.

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 probably real

          Please explain why you view the reality of your experience as real or not real:   Inexplicable based on current knowledge/understanding. If I had been alone I definitely would have thought I was dreaming.

          Was the experience dream like in any way?  Yes

Yes, because I was awakened from a light sleep, and the form in front of us was hazy and quickly dissipated.  

Describe in detail your feelings/emotions during the experience:  Scared because I was startled from sleep by my husband's fearful, frightening sound. Tumult trying to make sense of what I was seeing.

Was there any emotional healing in any way following the experience? Uncertain

I think I felt a little more reconciled to my mother in law's death afterward.

What was the best and worst part of your experience?          Best was that it provided some comfort to us in that we interpreted it as my mother-in-law saying goodbye. Worst part is that my brain is still trying to rationalize it.

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.?  No     

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?          Confusion, disbelief.

Was the experience witnessed or experienced by others?          Yes

Husband (son of the deceased)

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    I only shared it with people that I think would be accepting of the idea of life after death. They were supportive, slightly freaked.

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  Occasional, insignificant premonitions. A few very strange coincidences.

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



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