Experience description:

well, I was laying in bed asleep I think. it was strange the next thing I know, I am floating toward the ceiling, hovering over my body. it was unreal. I went to my body and I remember moving my arms and bending my legs. it was lifeless. and almost instantly I was standing in front of a house. I had never been there before. and I remember that it was around dusk and I remember the porch, the walkway, and across the road, which was small a two way, I remember the wooded area. the house was on a hill, and the next thing I remember was hearing loud music, I turned and looked at the car, it was a light brownish colored Cadillac. it was an older car but I guess pimped out. and the people in the car just started shooting. I remember getting hit in the chest falling back and then I just woke up. I was back in my room and other than being scared and shook up I was ok...

Any associated medications or substances with the potential to affect the experience?     Uncertain            I occasionally smoked pot on the weekends, didn't really drink. but this happened on a weeknight so I wasn't high that day.

Was the kind of experience difficult to express in words? No      

At the time of this experience, was there an associated life threatening event?          Yes     I was outside standing in a walkway facing the road and there was a brown older modeled Cadillac, the car was doing a drive by shooting and I was shot in my chest.

What was your level of consciousness and alertness during the experience?           I was either awake and haven't fallen asleep yet or I had just fallen asleep

            Was the experience dream like in any way?   not really. it was real, well felt real.

Did you experience a separation of your consciousness from your body?     Yes     when I floated above my body and poked and moved my arms and legs

What emotions did you feel during the experience?            I don't know really. it was a lot of mixed emotions and it was fast.

Did you hear any unusual sounds or noises?           crickets, gun shots, and music

LOCATION DESCRIPTION:  Did you recognize any familiar locations or any locations from familiar religious teachings or encounter any locations inhabited by incredible or amazing creatures?            Uncertain      after the experience like two weeks later I go to Ohio with my sister and her husband. we are going to the museum. I wasn't supposed to go. but she had an extra ticket because her friend couldn't make it. before we go to the museum, we visit another of their friends. before we made a turn, my body was screaming leave. the turn we made was to a hill, vine street. that turn took me to the exact place that I was shot. before we got to the house (which was the same as in my "dream") I told my sister I had been here and she replied with a no I hadn't. at the friends house, we smoked a lot of kind bud...more, way more than I could handle. I started feeling sick so I begged my sister to meet my dad half way and I went home. I didn't go to the museum, so I didn't go back to that house.

Did you see a light?           No      

Did you meet or see any other beings?           Uncertain      I vaguely saw the people in the car

Did you experiment while out of the body or in another, altered state? Uncertain     

I attempted to move my arms and legs. I was successful in picking my arm up to let it drop, and successful in bending my leg. I didn't try to visit anyone.

Did you observe or hear anything regarding people or events during your experience that could be verified later?          Uncertain      I verified the house, street and surroundings. I could go there today. I didn't stay to verify a shooting. or the car.

Did you have a sense of knowing, special knowledge, universal order and/or purpose?    Uncertain            I don't know, I witnessed my death. if that counts as special knowledge....    

Did you become aware of future events?       Uncertain      yes sort of. I witnessed a place that I was going to go, but hadn't gone before. but didn't stay to verify the getting shot at.

Were you involved in or aware of a decision regarding your return to the body?       No       Did you have any psychic, paranormal or other special gifts following the experience that you did not have prior to the experience?   Yes     I have visited places with friends (that I had never gone before) and asked them things like who died here, and my friends look at me crazy because usually someone has really died in that same spot. also I have felt ghost/spirits. I felt a cruel almost like someone is staring you down feeling and I have said what I was doing and asked them to stop and surprisingly they did. I was cleaning a house for an elderly lady, and she was in bed I was cleaning the living room and got that feeling. after I explained what I was doing the ghost (feeling) left and when I was finished I asked the lady about it and she showed me newspaper clippings of a woman who was murdered in the building (but a different apartment) back in the 70s.

Did you have any changes of attitudes or beliefs following the experience?   No      

How has the experience affected your relationships? Daily life? Religious practices? Career choices?       it really hasn't. I think I am still the same person. and I don't dwell on what happened, its been almost 12 years.

Has your life changed specifically as a result of your experience?         No      

Have you shared this experience with others?         Yes     my mom a few months ago and she said it was a premonition, I started doing research and found you guys. I don't know what it was. it was different.

What emotions did you experience following your experience?  after, I was scared, edgy, nervous, and unsure.

What was the best and worst part of your experience?      the best part was floating out of my body, that was pretty cool. the worst part was getting shot.

Following the experience, have you had any other events in your life, medications or substances which reproduced any part of the experience?         No response           

Did the questions asked and information you provided accurately and comprehensively describe your experience?               Uncertain      to the best of my knowledge. I don't know if you all need more info or more details.