People Who Were Friends With Someone Who Became A Murderer Describe What They Were Like Beforehand
January 25 | 2021
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Every one of us harbors evil and malicious intent. It is completely normal to have dark thoughts. The difference between the everyday person and a psycho is intent and lacking empathy. It's frightening to realize that someone you may have spent a significant amount of time with could take a life with cruelty, but it happens more often than we want to realize.
When I was 18 I used to play in a weekly game of pool, I was awful, still am. My friends would sneak me into this bar/club in Ft. Lauderdale that was 21 and up. We met an enormous amount of fascinating people.
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<p>One couple in particular (let's call them Jack and Dave) always stuck out. They were hilarious, great pool players and genuinely in love. One night "Dave" and I had a heart to heart about him and "Jack". He wanted to get more serious but wasn't sure "Jack" was on board. I forget the drunken advice I gave and the rest of the conversation, that's what stuck out. I remember them leaving together with grand smiles, hugs, and the $200 pot from their winnings. I also remember thinking... they're so good together, hope it works out.</p><p>It didn't; two days later Jack's body was found under a pile of unfolded laundry by his roommate. He had been stabbed over ten times and his eyes gauged out. And there was a manhunt on for Dave. Dave, the guy I had two days prior listened to about love, cheered with about relationships and admired in his pool game proficiency. You just never know.</p><p><em>***ADULTS ONLY. TRIGGER WARNING. RATED R MATERIAL***</em></p><p>Redditor<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kyjb6z/people_who_were_friends_with_someone_who_later/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"> u/dishnotaman</a> wanted to hear from people who have known evil before it blossomed into tragedy by asking.... <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kyjb6z/people_who_were_friends_with_someone_who_later/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">People who were friends with someone who later became a murderer, what where they like?</a></p>
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In the Room
<p>Not friends but I worked at a charity with two hilarious guys. A year or so after I left, one killed the other with a car bomb. It feels so unreal, like it was complete fiction. Can't believe I was in a room with them both on multiple occasions. I live in Northern Ireland and it appears that the motive involved some lingering sectarian/paramilitary tensions. That stuff has been quiet for most of my lifetime but there are still wounds.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kyjb6z/people_who_were_friends_with_someone_who_later/gjh359j?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Aichon08087</a><span></span></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_2" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Normal
<p>He was completely normal from as far as we could tell, just a regular high school kid. Played soccer, was in the advanced classes, kind of quiet but a nice kid.</p><p>Then one weekend he and another kid went and murdered a couple of professors with the intent of stealing their money and absconding to somewhere in South America I believe. </p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_3" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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<p>They got picked up at a truck stop a few states away a couple days later.</p><p>Anyway, we didn't see him anymore and he's in prison for a few more years. Complete waste because he could have had a productive, good life. Don't kill people, kids. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kyjb6z/people_who_were_friends_with_someone_who_later/gjgre1k?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">sarcasm_hurts</a></p>
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Rodman
<p>I knew a girl that let her boyfriend into her family's home and he killed her sister and brother that were around 10 years old, her brother who was 15, her father, and stabbed the crap out of her mother.</p><p>She's in prison for life. She was quiet. I didn't know her as well as I did her other siblings. Her boyfriend didn't attack her older sisters. We had always thought that the sister who was a year older than her was going to be the psycho. Her sister had anger issues. </p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_5" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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<p>We used to call her Rodman because she would get kicked out of games all the time because she'd freaking lose it.</p><p>Anyway, she let her boyfriend into the house, he killed a bunch of her family, why? Because her dad didn't let them date. She was a senior in high school. They only had to wait a couple more months and she could have just left. Such a waste. So much stupidity. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kyjb6z/people_who_were_friends_with_someone_who_later/gjhhvu8?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">hovz1105</a></p>
A Normal Dude
<p>A normal dude. Somebody tried to rob him during a drug deal and he did what he felt he needed to do. Got 10 years for it and was released not long ago. From what I can recall, he was set up. Some neutral guy acted as the buyer, and when he went to make the deal. A few guys he had fought with in the past showed up trying to rob him but had no weapons, they just outnumbered him. </p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_6" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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<p>He took offense and began shooting at them. Again, if I recall correctly, it wasn't self defense because he had a chance to leave the situation and shooting wasn't his only option. This was all about 12 to 13 years ago so I might be omitting or mis-remembering some details. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kyjb6z/people_who_were_friends_with_someone_who_later/gjgmo5r?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">OrdainedFury</a></p>
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The Roommate
<p>I was childhood friends with a guy who beat his roommate to death with a bat. He was a regular middle class kid who got good grades etc. The roommate's dog was not fixed and was having her period all over the house and the roommate wouldn't clean it up or go to the vet. He just snapped one day and started beating the guy as he slept on the couch. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kyjb6z/people_who_were_friends_with_someone_who_later/gjhhobe?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">QualitySeycoTimepiec</a></p><div data-conversation-spotlight style="min-height:90px"></div>
Hostages
<p>Not friends, but I grew up with a guy (neighbor) who held his dad hostage for hours and then killed both of them. he was a couple years older, so i didn't know him too well, but my brother was closer in age. Said he was quite nice, really quite funny, but obviously doesn't say much. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kyjb6z/people_who_were_friends_with_someone_who_later/gjglyx7?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">lizzyolivia</a><span></span></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_8" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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The Creeps
<p>My boyfriend and his old roommate were friends with this guy who seriously gave me the creeps. He would always try to hit on me, even though it was my boyfriend's house, and was really awkward. One night after a party my boyfriend and I were asleep when I heard his door open. It was the creepy guy. I shook my boyfriend awake and he asked what the guy was doing. </p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_9" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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<p>He said, "Oh, uh, I just wanted to say goodbye." After that I refused to go over if I knew he would be there. They eventually lost touch, then a few years later we read in the news that he had shot and killed two police officers, then killed himself. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kyjb6z/people_who_were_friends_with_someone_who_later/gjhau7h?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">ktc653</a></p>
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ISIS
<p>I had a chem lab partner in college in the midwest, 2013 or 2014, he was a very nice guy, very smart too. We were both into the walking dead, so we talked about that frequently. Then one day I saw the news, as well as a campus wide email, and it turned out that he had just been arrested at the airport for trying to flee and join ISIS. So ya, he may not have been a murderer, but I think eventual terrorist fits here. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kyjb6z/people_who_were_friends_with_someone_who_later/gjhefre?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">taintedthrowaway91</a><span></span></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_10" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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The Fisherman
<p>Perfectly normal kid. We went fishing and hiking together, and attended the same church. Lost touch after high school. In his thirties he murdered the boyfriend of his ex-wife. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kyjb6z/people_who_were_friends_with_someone_who_later/gjh6lqu?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">p38-lightning</a><span></span></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_11" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Augustus
<p>So I was friends with Augustus. He was on the quiet side but was into MMA and UFC stuff and I remember driving him to a few amateur fights when he lived at my home. I've known people that I didn't like and even feared but knew they were the kind of people you would want on your side if crap hit the fan, Augustus was that but I never felt I had anything to fear from him. He was a 'gentle giant.' Well he moved away and I hadn't heard from him in several years when another mutual friend told me about the trouble he found himself in. You can read about it here: <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/montana-man-pleads-guilty-double-murder-putting-bodies-acid-n948196" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/montana-man-pleads-guilty-double-murder-putting-bodies-acid-n948196</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_12" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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<p>I do not know any of the other persons involved in the story whatsoever, but I strongly suspect that Augustus was likely manipulated into his involvement. He would not describe him as bright, and I absolutely could understand him acting in violence if someone convinced him. That part isn't elaborated on in the news story but as I know several of his family members and mutual friends its what I've been able to piece together over the years since this occurred. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kyjb6z/people_who_were_friends_with_someone_who_later/gjhguvi?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Doxsis</a></p>
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People Who've Been Declared Legally Dead And Were Revived Describe What It Was Like
January 12 | 2021
Death is upon us. Eventually, like wrinkles, taxes and cellulite it will catch up. That's why it's good to know as much as we can about it. Who better to tell us than a real-life Lazarus or two? Though there is an eternal debate about whether or not those who have been declared dead actually experience a brief glance at the afterlife. Actual proof we may never have. But it can't hurt to discuss, just in case.
Redditor u/Doomage007 wants those who have been reborn to speak up and let us know what is beyond by asking... People who legally died for a few minutes and came back, what was it like?<div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_1"></div>
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Jolted...
<img lazy-loadable="true" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yNTQzNzMzNy9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTYxOTM0ODAwMH0.d5UEFLwAgiQRIPLvA5TisVSo_nnaQ8CgzLigVC4KGgM/img.gif?width=980" id="39203" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="ab8d53629c94c00ccb7d2b8fdc40c85d" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" data-width="320" data-height="198" />waking up GIFGiphy<p>Working in a hospital and taking care of people who have been legally dead and have come back either on their own accord or with CPR, I've heard these people say that they felt like they were falling. They also wake up really confused not remembering the situation. To me it seems like what they experience is close to a dream that you're falling and wake up with a jolt. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kt0770/people_who_legally_died_for_a_few_minutes_and/gij545d?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Mycatbigmomma</a><span></span></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_36" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Under Water....
<p>A friend of mine had a overdose caused a stroke and legally died for a little under three minutes in the ambulance on the way to the hospital. He remembers the stroke, and being wheeled to the ambulance on a stretcher. Then he felt like he was floating under ice cold water, and it was dark, but he wasn't really thinking or feeling anything emotionally, just existing and knowing it was very very cold and he couldn't see. </p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_2" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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<p>Then he woke up, and the EMTs were kinda freaked out because his heart had stopped long enough that they figured he was done.</p><p>At some point in the following days he became convinced that what he experienced was hell minus the knowledge of suffering, like a toned-down preview, and thought it was a warning for him to change his life. Sadly he didn't stay clean for long. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kt0770/people_who_legally_died_for_a_few_minutes_and/gijgi5o?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">HanumanNinja</a><span></span></p>
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In the House....
<p>My Dad ended up in the ICU with internal bleeding. All initial attempts to stop the bleeding failed. Apparently died for a couple of min but they were able to bring him back.</p><p>He said he remembers walking through an all grey neighborhood. Grey houses, grey grass, grey streets, everything a different shade of grey. No people or animals around. Empty but not run down or anything like that.</p><p>He assumed this was the afterlife so he proceeded to walk around and search for my cousin who recently passed away.</p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_4" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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<p>He made his way into a house and walked up the stairs. At the top of the stairs a door opened and a bright light shined through. He couldn't see anything because of the light but decided not to walk into it. He paused there on the stairs and asked for more time. The door closed.</p><p>Doctor was able to stop the bleeding. Thats was 12 years ago. My Dad still has health issues but he got more time like asked for. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kt0770/people_who_legally_died_for_a_few_minutes_and/gijszu1?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">StatementProper4450</a></p>
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Nothing
<p>Total darkness. Like going to sleep with no dreams. Until you are brought back, then searing pain kicks in. I guess its bc the body goes out of shock, and you feel everything. That's what it felt like to me. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kt0770/people_who_legally_died_for_a_few_minutes_and/gijqh6v?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Sinicalkush</a><span></span></p>Not so Dead....
<p>So I wasn't legally dead, but incapacitated due to CO2 inhalation. (Failed seal on an automatically inflating life vest). Fortunately it was in a controlled environment and I was pulled out of the situation when they realized something was wrong.</p><p>When I came to there was a period of time where I had absolutely no idea who I was or what had happened. All I was really sure of was that I had died and was waiting to be sent to the afterlife. </p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_6" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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<p>My lungs burned with every breath but I wasn't aware that I was breathing, so it felt like a combination of all encompassing, burning pain and suffocation.</p><p>I was very confused as to why I couldn't just die and have it all be over. When I finally regained some semblance of reality I was very happy that I wasn't dead. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kt0770/people_who_legally_died_for_a_few_minutes_and/gijw68k?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Cheshire_Jester</a></p>
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3 times a charm....
<p>I've been pronounced dead twice in my life. The first time, I drowned as a child (about 7 years old). I wanted to see the pool from the high-dive. I went up, looked, and slipped when I went to go back down. I remember falling..... and then I was surrounded by paramedics and spewing pool water from my lungs while some lady was crossing herself. According to what I've been able to piece together, I was knocked out when I hit the water, and the lifeguard thought I was playing. </p><div data-conversation-spotlight style="min-height:90px"></div>
<p>I drowned while everyone was waiting for me to surface. 911 was called and I was dragged from the water. CPR, before, and from the paramedics didn't work. They were about to cover me up when I started spewing water like a fountain.</p><p>The second time was at work in my early 20's. I'm an industrial electrician (still to this day). I was working on the controls for a 3 phase/600v air handler's motor. I had turned the circuit off, locked it, and tagged it. Someone cut my lock off and turned it back on without telling anyone.</p>
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<p>One second I'm working on the controls, next second my entire body lights up with pure pain and agony, and then I wake up in the hospital. My boss heard my teeth clack shut when I got hit, and he hit me in the chest with a 2x4 to get me off of it. I didn't have a pulse when EMT's got there, and they got my body rebooted. I woke up in the hospital about 4 hours later.</p><p>I never saw a light at the end of a tunnel, no lake of fire..... literally nothing. I'll post an update if it happens again. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kt0770/people_who_legally_died_for_a_few_minutes_and/gijvfuh?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Gr8v3m1nd</a></p>
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Warm Hands
<p>When I was a teenager I had leukemia and there was a set of shots that we would do at home that my mom would give me. We did not know that I would have a toxic reaction towards the end of the series. After getting a shot and right before dinner I told my mom I wasn't feeling well and I passed out and stopped breathing. I was "dead" for at least a couple of minutes before my dad started CPR and the medics came. I do not remember telling my mom that I felt weird, next thing I remember was feeling very cold and hearing my mom's voice (they were taking me out to the ambulance and it was winter time. </p><div id="taboola-mid-article-1x1" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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<p>My mom was talking to them I later found out) I was very out of it but I felt warm hands on my arm and a woman telling me it was going to be ok. I guess at one point I hugged her and told her I loved her. I have kept in touch with her over the years. If i could have the feeling of the warm hands and someone telling me everything was going to be ok when I die for real I will be happy. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kt0770/people_who_legally_died_for_a_few_minutes_and/giko92g?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Computron1234</a></p>
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Bridged....
<img lazy-loadable="true" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yNTQzNzg3NC9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTYyNTA4MzgxOX0.Aq33QVAQ-35_oOwr5swdFB2auwzMWw0nkx5ps5dm9Iw/img.gif?width=980" id="979d8" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="a73312ad1ed3a9777bf726b23fbedbef" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" data-width="294" data-height="219" />monkey bridge GIFGiphy<p>My mother was legally dead for a half an hour due to a cardiac arrest. (As a sidenote, recovery from cardiac arrest after 10 minutes is a 1% chance and decreases exponentially every second after that, so it's really a miracle she survived and with very little brain damage to boot).</p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_11" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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<p>She remembers a "dream" in that time where she was headed towards a bridge. On the other side she saw her (deceased) parents smiling and waving. As she approached the bridge, their expressions changed. They didn't want her. My mom explains feeling rejected by her own parents and crestfallen because of it, but she didn't get on the bridge and turned around. After she came back, she recognizes the change in their demeanor to be that they didn't want her yet because it wasn't her time to "cross-over" yet.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kt0770/people_who_legally_died_for_a_few_minutes_and/gijs939?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Icarus374</a></p>
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Life after Life
<p>There's an interesting book called "Life after Life" by a Dr. Moody who became interested in this experience when one of his patients went through it. He did a study, interviewing hundreds of people who had this happen to them. He said that there were a variety of experiences, some not remembering anything but he listed seven common ones. Not everyone had all seven but everyone has some of the seven. </p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_13" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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<p>Buzzing noise, feeling like they were out of the body, going through a tunnel, meeting former family or friends, meeting a being of light, coming to a boundary where they knew that if they crossed it, they couldn't return, I can't remember the last one. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kt0770/people_who_legally_died_for_a_few_minutes_and/gijk72g?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Intagvalley</a></p>
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Not yet....
<p>Might not count but family story; takes place in Sicily in the early 1900s. Had a great uncle that the doctors had written off for dead. Uncle remembers a person/angel walking up to him, slapping him on the cheek, and saying "Hey, get up. It's not your time yet." Doctor was apparently stunned to see him all dressed and good to go when he came back.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kt0770/people_who_legally_died_for_a_few_minutes_and/gik2qhl?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">ztimmmy</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_15" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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People Who Were Resuscitated From The Brink Of Death Explain What Was Going Through Their Mind
December 30 | 2020
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One of life's greatest mysteries is death. Is that ironic? Humans spend so much time wondering about what happens after we draw our last breath, rather than focusing on using the breath we have left. It maybe morbid but the curiosity is normal. And it seems that there are several people out there who say they can explain what it feels like to be dead or near dead and then return. Now whether or not that is the mind playing tricks or truth, we'll never know. But it's still fascinating to decipher.
Redditror u/Aidanmartin3 wanted to hear from the people who have returned from the light by asking.... Redditors who were pronounced dead and resuscitated, what did you go through mentally while being pronounced dead?<div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_1"></div>
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I'm Awake
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Massive trauma...
<p>I was in a motorbike accident in 2013. It eventually resulted in internal bleeding from damage to my spleen and liver (plus more - I was pretty messed up. Just the spleen was really bleeding though). I ended up with 13 units added to me over multiple transfusions.</p><p>I had a few small incision surgeries to try to stop the bleeding before they really opened me up. The morning I was supposed to have a big surgery I was waiting in the ICU.</p><p>I am told that I "coded" one morning. Effectively I was on the edge of death and my heart stopped. It was definitely not so far as to be pronounced dead but I guess it was closer than most people prefer.</p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_2" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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<p>Between physical trauma, massive blood loss, and massive-er pain killers my memory of the time in the ICU is spotty at best. I have absolutely no memory of coding. It isn't very exciting from my prospective, but my brother says it was pretty intense for everyone else in the room.</p><p>Luckily I have a totally normal life now. If I'm wearing jeans and a t-shirt all my scars are hidden and no one knows any different. In the pool, there are a lot of scars to see. Kids stare. It doesn't bother me.</p><p>Thanks to all the medical staff out there that do so much to keep people like me alive!!! </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kkn71u/redditors_who_were_pronounced_dead_and/gh3ipat?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">neisenkr</a></p>
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A Long Nap
<p>I wasn't actually pronounced dead, I was in a coma on life support. I was drugged at a bar and overdosed on the drug. I don't really remember much but I know I walked home from the har and my sister said when I got there I immediately fell down and wasn't waking up. She rushed me to the hospital and said I wasn't breathing and my lips were blue when I got there. I was immediately put on machines and miraculously woke up about 24 hours later.</p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_4" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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<p>The thing is, I have zero memory and it didn't feel like that long. It was like waking up from a nap when I did wake up and I didn't understand what the deal was when my friend ran out of the room like "she's awake! Get in here!". To this day, my near death is a huge disappointment. I didn't have any dreams, I didn't get to see any dead relatives, I didn't meet God or any Angels, nor my spirit guide. It was just a $12,000 nap. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kkn71u/redditors_who_were_pronounced_dead_and/gh4e7gr?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">cklamath</a></p>
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Going Black
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3 Days Later
<p>My buddy had heart surgery last year that got complicated, to the point where it took about triple the time it was supposed to. (He has spoken at length with me about the experience because it was so traumatic.) He did require resuscitation from a full arrest mid-surgery, which sadly (fortunately?) he does not remember.</p><p>What he does slightly remember, is the THREE DAYS of post-surgical psychosis as the specific cocktail of sedation played poorly with his personal brain chemistry. </p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_7" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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<p>For him it was a relentless stream of horrible hallucinations, demons, fighting monsters, quicksand, carnivorous hospital beds, being swallowed by the orderlies who morphed into tentacle monsters, pulling out his own Foley catheter while it was still inflated, all sorts of terrible, horrible memories he wish he could erase.</p><p>So if he even remembered specifically the being dead portion of the program, it is unlikely that would even compare to the subsequent 3 days of his life. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kkn71u/redditors_who_were_pronounced_dead_and/gh3w7uo?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Khayeth</a></p>
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"widowmaker"
<p>I had a "widowmaker" heart attack. If my GF hadn't been there and acted quickly, I'd be dead. But she administered CPR and the ambulance got there fast and revived me with the defibrillator paddles. Got to the hospital and was given an emergency stent and stabilized. But I was technically dead for 4 1/2 minutes. The doctors told my family and GF that I'd most likely remain in a coma due to how long I was gone.</p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_8" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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<p>Then shortly after I woke up. Super out of it. I was looking around trying to figure out what happened and I guess some change in my vitals prompted a nurse to come check on me. She saw me awake and looking at her and said something to the effect of, "Oh crap wow, okay" and went and got a doctor. </p>
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<p>They explained everything as they were extubating me. (Which sucks, 1/10 do not recommend).</p><p>I was really fuzzy and confused for a few days, so this is as accurate as I can remember it. Zero memory from feeling fine the morning of the heart attack, to coming to in the hospital.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kkn71u/redditors_who_were_pronounced_dead_and/gh4n1al?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">GozerDGozerian</a></p>
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Cheese or Cool Ranch?
<p>Yea they told me i was dead for 3 minutes, i remember those clips of people saying they experienced some kind of near-afterlife, but for me it was like sleeping, i woke up, they told me how i almost died, i said oh yeah? they explained a bunch of stuff and then offered me a grilled cheese... I had Doritos too. 10/10 would die again, it's just nothingness, not scary at all.</p><p><em><strong>Edit : </strong></em>guys please I don't need rewards save your money, there's a lot of comments here, and people seem to have fear of being nothing, and that's ok i would have too but it's not really like that, you don't have to DO anything, it's just an absence of all things, no thoughts, no fears, just absolute zero. much deeper than a dreamless sleep, more like anaesthesia. </p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_10" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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<p>You're around and doin' things, and then you wake up, somewhere else, confused as all like no time at all has passed, kind of like that long stretch of time before you were born, remember that? yeah neither do I, you had nothing to fear then did you? it will be ok, just enjoy your time while you're here and give people you love BIG hugs even if your dad doesn't want one and is pretending to be a tough guy with no emotion (give him an even bigger hug). </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kkn71u/redditors_who_were_pronounced_dead_and/gh3hewb?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">zackkorth</a></p>
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A Hard Kick
<img lazy-loadable="true" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yNTA1NzM2Ny9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTYyMzc0ODYzMn0.sk4olprizJgvolZYURD30FgIf5ZCGGPRwHdbr7WFwrM/img.gif?width=980" id="43000" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="c01c4890ffd5878437b9f856510b1cff" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" data-width="480" data-height="270" />worlds funniest fails GIF by Fox TVGiphy<p>Died from an overdose for a few minutes.</p><p>There really wasn't anything. Just blackness and a vague lapse of time. It was almost like waking up from a crappy night's rest and feeling like a horse had kicked me in the chest. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kkn71u/redditors_who_were_pronounced_dead_and/gh3i3ud?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">th30xygen</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_12" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Floaters
<p>Anaphylactic reaction to an already deadly Irukandji jellyfish sting. I coded. Saw this white light and could see my myself "floating upwards" saw my family and the drs and nurses who were working on me. Came back and was in intense pain. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kkn71u/redditors_who_were_pronounced_dead_and/gh3w6vg?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">georgestarr</a><span></span></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_13" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Stay Still
<p>I was pronounced dead but never resuscitated I think it might be why my family freaks out whenever I move something in the house. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kkn71u/redditors_who_were_pronounced_dead_and/gh3o259?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Prize_Language_8247</a><span></span></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_14" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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We're all going to die. Life is finite. That is just a not so rosy fact about our time hear on Earth. Once we come to terms with that knowledge it frees us to makes grand plans to flourish in every second. Well, it should inspire us to make plans; instead of wasting a single moment. A bucket list is an important item to piece together. We should all sit down jot down some can't miss ideas. Know them, and then do them. You're only gonna get one go at this.
Redditor u/goodfeels4life wanted everyone to open their journals and read us some dreams they want to accomplish before time runs out by asking.... What is one thing you want to do before you die?<div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_1"></div>
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Happiness Always....
<img lazy-loadable="true" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yNDk0MjM4MS9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTY1MDA4MjY3MH0.Uy_JHsa-pmmwLjfuETFwDQQXYzntC-l6wbl88S2B5zc/img.gif?width=980" id="49ca0" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="3e554eddcb60ee6cf242e39a1aa30a82" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" data-width="500" data-height="286" />Happy Joy GIF by SpongeBob SquarePantsGiphy<p>I just want to be happy with my life. I'm almost there. Been crawling out of a dark place for the last 6 years. Finally got off medicine last year. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/k9gn0w/what_is_one_thing_you_want_to_do_before_you_die/gf4gsoa?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">morganraymo</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_36" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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The Night Sky
<p>I just want to go somewhere that it is dark enough to see the night sky like our ancestors did. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/k9gn0w/what_is_one_thing_you_want_to_do_before_you_die/gf4focq?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">ReshiWaystone</a></p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/k9gn0w/what_is_one_thing_you_want_to_do_before_you_die/gf4focq?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"></a><span></span>Start with this <a href="http://darksitefinder.com/map/" target="_blank">Dark Sky Finder</a>. It helps you find the darkest places on earth to view stars.These are areas (often around observatories) where the law requires light pollution compliance of all nearby residences, businesses and cities. But also naturally occurring due to low population density.</p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_2" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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<p>There's a good number of other links on the site to find the nearest place you can go to see the sky like our ancestors did. I found a place in my home state (Texas) where we were able to see the Milky Way like I didn't think possible.</p><p>I hope it helps and I hope you get your wish.</p><p><em><strong>Edit: </strong></em>thanks to <a href="https://www.reddit.com/u/DSchmitt/" target="_blank">u/DSchmitt</a> for sharing the link to the <a href="https://www.darkskymap.com/nightSkyBrightness" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Dark Sky Map</a>. It's another fantastic resource for finding the darkest places on earth. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/k9gn0w/what_is_one_thing_you_want_to_do_before_you_die/gf50prn?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">pdgenoa</a></p>
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All the $$$
<p>Not have to worry about money.</p><p>I'm tired of every decision I make revolving around money...</p><p>"Can I afford it?"</p><p>"What would I have to compromise?"</p><p>"What happens is I mess up and can't afford it again?"</p><p>"How long will it take to save?"</p><p>"Do I have to skip food for several days again?" </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/k9gn0w/what_is_one_thing_you_want_to_do_before_you_die/gf5442n?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">The_Seraph_</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_4" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Go! Go! Go!
<p>I want to through hike the Appalachian trail. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/k9gn0w/what_is_one_thing_you_want_to_do_before_you_die/gf4fzhq?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Thewrongonepercent</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_5" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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<p>Hey this is what I came to say! I've started my journey... kind of. I just bought damn near all the gear to just get into backpacking and I'm going to go as much as possible throughout 2021 to practice and hone my packing list for the trail and then try for it in 2022!!! You got this! Go go go!!!</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/k9gn0w/what_is_one_thing_you_want_to_do_before_you_die/gf58oxt?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">Stewey_434</a></p>
"12 Angry Men"
<p>Jury duty. Idk why. Just intrigued by it. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/k9gn0w/what_is_one_thing_you_want_to_do_before_you_die/gf4ehhi?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">cloudsandlightning</a></p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/k9gn0w/what_is_one_thing_you_want_to_do_before_you_die/gf4ehhi?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank"></a>Hah, I did that when I was 19 for a one week trial. It was about driving under the influence of prescription drugs. Interesting process and not something I'll forget!</p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_6" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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<p>It's funny - we actually DID do a "12 Angry Men" thing. We took a blind vote and 1 person thought the lady was not guilty (everyone else voted guilty immediately, without discussion). So we discussed for an hour or so and at the end the person who initially voted "not guilty" said that he would have voted "guilty", but wanted to force us to at least discuss the possibility of her being innocent.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/k9gn0w/what_is_one_thing_you_want_to_do_before_you_die/gf54wkf?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">MissWilkem</a></p>
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get your floaties....
<p>If giraffes can swim, it'd be pretty cool to swim with a giraffe. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/k9gn0w/what_is_one_thing_you_want_to_do_before_you_die/gf4f5qc?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">_electa</a></p><p>Don't let your dreams be dreams: <a href="https://www.treehugger.com/think-giraffes-cant-swim-science-proves-they-can-4858080#:~:text=It's%20long%20been%20thought%20that,can%20indeed%20handle%20a%20dip" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.treehugger.com/think-giraffes-cant-swim-science-proves-they-can-4858080#:~:text=It's%20long%20been%20thought%20that,can%20indeed%20handle%20a%20dip</a>. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/k9gn0w/what_is_one_thing_you_want_to_do_before_you_die/gf5byd1?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">dan__wizard</a></p><div data-conversation-spotlight style="min-height:90px"></div>
The Wonders
<p>I want to see the pyramids in Egypt among other destinations. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/k9gn0w/what_is_one_thing_you_want_to_do_before_you_die/gf4ayaj?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">MerlotCanYouGo</a></p><p>I went to go visit the Pyramids in Cairo, what an amazing 3 days. It's truly another world there. People were friendly and interested to meet you. Walking the back streets of Cairo at night, discovering tasty street food outlets and playing street football with the local kids. That's an all-time life highlight of mine right there - and I did it alone. Highly recommended! </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/k9gn0w/what_is_one_thing_you_want_to_do_before_you_die/gf54f78?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">Kyliobro</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_8" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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The Homeland
<img lazy-loadable="true" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yNDk0MjQ1Mi9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTYxOTEyNjgxNn0.IUCwitrucJg0ch3mBzKSui96DjvZ7vDva6QUdyhaROY/img.gif?width=980" id="58ee8" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="f6ce7a7e0fc3eaa140d226d4dce7eb7c" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" data-width="480" data-height="200" />old man grandpa GIF by The Little VampireGiphy<p>Go to the town my grandfather was from. He died way before I was born so I only know about him through stories. I'm told I look a lot like him. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/k9gn0w/what_is_one_thing_you_want_to_do_before_you_die/gf4b9la?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">ROBO_SENPAI2</a><span></span></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_9" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Love is in the Air
<p>To fall in love with someone who loves me at the same time. I've never had that, I've never been in love with someone while they were in love with me and when I was I didn't have the courage to do anything about it. I've always missed my window, and I don't want to miss it again. I'm scared as hell but I'll best my heart and soul for it I have to. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/k9gn0w/what_is_one_thing_you_want_to_do_before_you_die/gf4pdw5?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">CorruptSol</a></p><div id="taboola-mid-article-1x1" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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From the Ground
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