Life after death: Drowning victim recalls harrowing near-death experience of ‘white light’

Dr Sam Parnia reveals what happens when we die

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The jury is still out on whether life goes on after death but a man named Paul thinks he already knows the answer. Paul claims to have caught a glimpse of the afterlife in 1976 after nearly drowning while canoeing the Delaware River in upstate New York, US. According to Paul’s account of the incident, his canoe capsized and got trapped between rocks underwater and his legs were caught in some ropes.

He told the Near-Death Experience Research Foundation (NDERF) how he was trapped this way for a terrifying three-and-a-half minutes.

As the oxygen escaped his lungs and water rushed into his throat, Paul said he was filled with dread.

All of a sudden, he recalled seeing a bright light in front of him.

He said: “I felt I was moving towards it and was feeling better the closer I got to the light.

“It was very strange, I saw no one but felt as if I were surrounded by untold numbers of benevolent entities. I could feel their presence and all pleasant.

“The further I entered into the light, the more pleasant it got.”

Paul said he had never felt this way before and he had never felt so at peace.

Thankfully, just as he was about to inhale the water, he remembered he had a utility knife tucked away in his trousers.

He said: “Then the terror came back, giving me enough adrenaline to reach down and cut the ropes on my leg.

Afterlife: Expert discusses 'feelings' in near-death experiences

“Once the ropes were cut, I could move. I came to the surface.

“I floated for five minutes, as I had no strength left.”

According to NDERF’s report, Paul believed at the time the white light was fo some otherwordly, mystical realm.

He is, however, not entirely convinced the experience was real, as he said: “Uncertain, as science states it has to do with hypoxia.

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“At the same time, I have a few physic experiences, about the past, a couple about the future.”

Most medical experts would agree Paul’s NDE was not a manifestation of the afterlife, but rather evidence of physical processes that occur during moments of trauma.

A Danish study published in 2019, for instance, found one in 10 people have had an NDE.

According to a survey of more than 1,000 people from across 35 countries, nearly 300 people reported a deeply profound or spiritual near-death experience.

These included numerous instances of trauma, including a woman who said she felt completely at peace when she drowned as an eight-year-old.

She said: “Twenty years later I can still remember how I felt.”

Some scientists have proposed NDEs are hallucinations triggered by a lack of oxygen flowing to the brain.

Studies on rats have also found brain activity carries on even after the heart stops.

Dr Jimo Borjigin at the University of Michigan said: “The prediction that we would find some signs of conscious activity in the brain during cardiac arrest was confirmed with the data.”

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