I was driving my car to work and had some light instrumental music playing. My drive was approximately a half hour, but I had only been in my car for about 10 minutes. I am agnostic and used to be religious). I am quite a skeptic, here is my experience. My identical twin sister passed last year of lung cancer (ALK) it's very rare, non-smoker, non-drinker and might be estrogen driven. I saw my identical twin sister Samantha in the passenger's seat of my car next to me (in my mind's-eye so to speak) and she was mostly there, not quite as in person would look, but kind of slightly faded/see through, but colored. I just remember her smiling and placing her hand over my hand which was on the shifter knob in the middle console (I didn't feel this on my physical skin). She gave me that solemn smirk she usually would in life almost making sure I was okay. She just looked relaxed and at peace. Next thing, she wasn't there anymore.

This is the only vision type of experience I've had with her. I have had 2 other instances where I feel she was speaking to me through a random song I've never heard before, just shortly after her passing, on Pandora, on a playlist that doesn't play that type of music, never had before, and hasn't since.

The other instance was me meeting an older woman who had nearly the same type of tattoos on each same arm as she did, in memory of her mother who also passed of cancer.

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?         Uncertain

my hand

            Was the touch familiar or unfamiliar? I didn't feel it on my physical skin, just saw it.

          Was anything communicated by the touch? Love

            Is there any possibility what you felt was from any other source present in the surroundings at the time of your experience?   didn't hear anything.

Did you see the deceased?       Yes

She looked the same as when she was healthy, she looked just like us, colored, and in clothing. She was just only slightly faded/see through around the outside of herself.

            How clearly did the deceased appear?            See above Question.

            How much of the deceased did you see?       All of her, sitting in the seat with her legs crossed.

            Did the deceased appear or not appear to be the age at which they died?           Yes, she appeared as the same age as when she passed 10 months ago.

            How healthy did the deceased appear to be?            She was healthy like she was when she was not sick. She had lung cancer, distended belly when she passed, yellow skin, and very thin.

            Is there any possibility what you saw was from any other source present in the surroundings at the time of your experience?   Not sure what this is asking, I don't think so.

Did you smell a distinct smell, scent, fragrance or odor associated with the deceased? No

How long did the experience last?      It lasted only 3 seconds.

Was the beginning and end of the experience gradual or more sudden?       Can't even really describe a beginning or an end, It was odd because I was completely alert/awake/present and was in my minds-eye and I do not have daydreams or hallucinations.

Could you sense the emotions or mood of the deceased?          Yes   It was peace and love.

Did the deceased give you information you did not previously know?  No.

How do you currently view the reality of your experience?         

          Please explain why you view the reality of your experience as real or not real:   Not sure, I don't think anyone can be 100% certain. I can only HOPE it is. 

Describe in detail your feelings/emotions during the experience:  I felt loved, and happy she reached out to me, if that's truly what it was. I was so close to her, and it helped me to feel like she was there like I remember feeling when she was alive.

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

I mean, I miss her dearly, so to see her regardless of how, a picture, a video, a memory, an apparition I'll definitely feel better.

What was the best and worst part of your experience?          Best, seeing her, even just for such a short time.

Worst, having her go.

Has your life changed specifically as a result of your experience? Yes                Describe:     Just in the way of 'I saw her.' and I never thought I would apart from pictures/videos/memories.

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?    Uncertain

I remember telling her jokingly (since she was religious and I am not, she knew I was a skeptic) in the car one day when she was diagnosed but still seemingly healthy -approx 5 months before she passed- that she could come haunt my ass, but not to be creepy about it, she looked over at me (we were in her car, and she was driving, at a red-light, ironic??!) and gave me that look of kind of eye-rolled 'knock it off, but okay, this is serious', I'm unsure how to respond' so the didn't respond just gave me THAT LOOK. (different from the one I saw after her passing)

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, peace, love, curiosity.

Was the experience witnessed or experienced by others?          No

Did you have any sense of altered space or time?          Uncertain

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?   Uncertain

Not sure what is meant by this. I would definitely say within my 'minds-eye' I have never had an experience like that where I was fully conscious, EVEN driving, but felt safe in the 3 seconds it lasted. I had actually Just merged onto the interstate and then it happened.

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    My best friend, she's very scientific and believes in ADC, she encouraged me that my sister did in-fact communicate with me. I told our mother, she thought it was sweet. I told my partner, she liked it but doesn't really know what it 'was'

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 

Was kickboxing after hours in a locked up YMCA building. Gym was upstairs (I was religious at the time) no one had access to the building except my friend who worked there. I was 16 years old. We heard a basketball bouncing on the floors above us, after demanding it to leave in Jesus name, the ball came whirling down the stairs at us, from what I recall, another ball started bouncing upstairs so we turned off the lights and ran out of the building. My friend did seem legitimately frightened (he was a body builder and also not religious, and a skeptical fellow) (To my knowledge no one else was in the building as it was pitch black when we got inside and the doors were chain locked upstairs we had entry to the only other door) We were in the building for over an hour before it happened. We had heard stories, prior visits there of an old battlefield and doughboys and other hauntings/sightings had been witnessed by other people who have worked there.

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.       Maybe, 'would you consider yourself close to the deceased?'

 
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