Experience description:

At the time around the experience, I was in a very happy relationship with a Dutch boy. We had been dating for about two years at the time, and I was head over heels in love with him.  He was my entire life for me.

Just some months prior to this experience, I started working as a waitress at the restaurant where he already worked. We both studied, and worked there during the weekends, and sometimes during the week, when we didn't have to go to university early the morning afterwards.

We lived in the very centre of the city. Every time we had to go to work, we would go by bike. Our workplace was about 10-15 minutes biking from our place, also in the center.

In order to reach the restaurant, we had to cross a very busy crossroad. This crossroad was not particularly dangerous per se, as it had a stoplight for each side, both for cars and for bikes. Thus, as long as you paid attention, it was okay. But, during rush hours, it was always slightly dangerous, because it was very busy, and people were always quite reckless and tried to go forward despite you being in their way. Thus, that crossroad always made me a little bit scared, in the sense that I paid lots of attention when I crossed it. Anyway, this only applied on our way to the restaurant. In fact, our shift ended at around 12:00, and we would never go home before 12:30/01:00 am, thus the roads were usually empty at that time.

Anyway, I remember I often jokingly said that I had to make the sign of the cross before biking to work, because I felt that, sooner or later, I would have gotten hurt.

One night, I had this very terrifying, lucid dream.

Me and my boyfriend were biking home from work at night, like usual. I sensed it had to be either during the week or a Sunday, because the streets were completely silent.

We slowly approached the crossroad, and the lights were green from far away, so my boyfriend speeded up to cross.

I didn't manage to keep his pace, and so I biked a bit behind him.

As he started crossing, I saw a car speeding up, approaching him.

I did not have the time to stop him. I froze in terror, knowing what was going to happen. The car hit him, leaving him in a puddle of blood, in the middle of the road. I clearly remember the type of car, and that it was black, and that the conductor did not stop, but ran away.

I pushed my bike to the side and ran towards him as fast as I could.

I could hear the ambulance coming from a distance, and me hugging him, both covered in his blood, screaming for help. I remember the ambulance coming next to us, the sirens, and me realizing he was dead.

I woke up with a sense of distress, because the dream seemed extremely real. It was full of details, like when you are living things, and you notice the slightest, silliest things while walking or biking (like a poster on the walls, or a street sign, or whatever). Also, everything I saw around me was exactly how the place is like, and I could think and feel clearly, like in real life.

I then shrugged it off, and forgot about it minutes after I woke up, also because I thought it had to do with the fact that I often joked and talked about the fact that that crossroad was dangerous.

A couple of evenings later, we had to work. I think it was a Sunday evening.

When we finished working, usually we would stop for a drink, but since we both had classes the morning afterwards, we decided to go home straightaway.

As we approached the crossroad, in no way did I think of the dream I had had.

I saw the green light from far away. My boyfriend started speeding, afraid it could turn red. I started realizing I was seeing the dream coming true, right in front of my eyes. So, before he approached the start of the crossroad, I looked to my left in search of the black car. I saw it, speeding. My boyfriend had just started crossing. I screamed on top of my lungs 'RUUUUUUN!!!!!'. He turned and saw the car, and speeded with all of his strength. The car didn't hit him for a couple of centimeters. The car continued speeding and driving away, disappearing at the end of the road.

I was horrified. I was shaking extremely hard. I waited for the light to become green again, and I crossed. My boyfriend looked slightly scared. I told my boyfriend about my dream, and he said 'what a coincidence that was'.

He was a convinced atheist, and did not believe in anything. He said it was astonishing what had happened, but just thought it was a coincidence.

Up to now I think this dream allowed me to save his life. Hadn't I had the dream, I wouldn't have looked for a car. He rationalized the event, instead.

At the time of your experience was there an associated life-threatening event?   Uncertain  My then boyfriend was about to be hit by a car

Was the experience difficult to express in words?  No    

At what time during the experience were you at your highest level of consciousness and alertness?         Always

How did your highest level of consciousness and alertness during the experience compare to your normal everyday consciousness and alertness?      More consciousness and alertness than normal   When the dream came true, I felt extremely aware, because I knew exactly what was going to happen, had I not been fast enough as to warn my boyfriend and tell him to bike faster.

Please compare your vision during the experience to your everyday vision that you had immediately prior to the time of the experience.   My vision was exactly the same as always. My dream was extremely lucid.

Please compare your hearing during the experience to your everyday hearing that you had immediately prior to the time of the experience.   Exactly the same.

Did you see or hear any earthly events that were occurring during a time that your consciousness / awareness was apart from your physical / earthly body?   No  

What emotions did you feel during the experience?   I felt extremely scared, and a rush of adrenaline.  

Did you pass into or through a tunnel?   No  

Did you see an unearthly light?   No  

Did you seem to encounter a mystical being or presence, or hear an unidentifiable voice?   No

Did you encounter or become aware of any beings who previously lived on earth who are described by name in religions (for example: Jesus, Muhammad, Buddha, etc.)?   No  

Did you encounter or become aware of any deceased (or alive) beings?   No  

Did you become aware of past events in your life during your experience?   No  

Did you seem to enter some other, unearthly world?   No

Did time seem to speed up or slow down?   No

Did you suddenly seem to understand everything?   No

Did you reach a boundary or limiting physical structure?   No

Did you come to a border or point of no return?   No

Did scenes from the future come to you?  Scenes from my personal future 
In my dream,  saw what was going to happen if my boyfriend was going to be hit by that car.

I saw myself as if I was an outsider in the dream, but I usually always dream of me that way, like I am an observer to my body.

Also, usually my dreams are either in black and white, or in very pale colors, instead this dream seemed like colors were just extremely real.

I remember the huge despair I felt in the dream, asking God to give me my love back and to let him live/survive. But I knew in my heart he was already gone. And I felt such a heart-breaking pain knowing I would have had to live forever knowing I hadn't been able to save his life.

During your experience, did you encounter any specific information / awareness suggesting that there either is (or is not) continued existence after earthly life (“life after death”)?   No  

During your experience, did you encounter any specific information / awareness that God or a supreme being either does (or does not) exist?   Uncertain   I must believe that God sent me the vision in my dream to make me save his life.

During your experience, did you encounter any specific information / awareness that you either did (or did not) exist prior to this lifetime?   No  

During your experience, did you encounter any specific information / awareness that a mystical universal connection or unity/oneness either does (or does not) exist?   No  

During your experience, did you encounter any specific information / awareness regarding earthly life’s meaning or purpose?   No  

During your experience, did you encounter any specific information / awareness regarding earthly life’s difficulties, challenges, or hardships?   No  

During your experience, did you encounter any specific information / awareness regarding love?   Yes   The love I felt for him, as the pain I felt for him, in the dream was incredibly strong. I had a true experience of how I would have felt were I to lose him.

During your experience, did you encounter any other specific information / awareness that you have not shared in other questions that is relevant to living our earthly lives?   No  

Did you have a sense of knowing special knowledge or purpose?   Yes   I had the feeling after everything happened that I was given the purpose of saving his life, that evening.

What occurred during your experience included:   Content that was entirely consistent with the beliefs you had at the time of your experience   Nothing divine happened, so I can't really say. I believe in God, and thus I relate it to religion.

How accurately do you remember the experience in comparison to other life events that occurred around the time of the experience?   I do not know how my remembrance of the experience compares to my remembrance of other life events t   I remember that I forgot about this for a while. Even after it happened, I didn't think too much about it.

I think I realized again after he broke up with me, about a year and a half after this episode. I remember thinking that I was so glad he was still alive, who knows, perhaps a bit also thanks to my dream. And that I felt blessed for having been given the opportunity to play a role into saving him, that I was so super glad that I hadn't lost him because he lost his life, but because he deliberately chose to walk away. Even though he has hurt me extremely badly with his behaviours during our breakup, I am so glad to know he is still alive and well. That's when I thought about it again.

Discuss any changes that might have occurred in your life after your experience:   Nothing important. I was just glad he was safe. I understood even more than I already knew that I was blessed to have him in my life.

I then kind of forgot about this episode until he broke up with me, around one and a half years later.

I recalled the episode, and I remembered everything again. It's not like I forgot it, it was just somewhere in the very back of my mind.

My experience directly resulted in:   No changes in my life

Did you have any changes in your values or beliefs after the experience that occurred as a result of the experience?   Uncertain   I don't know. I never really believed in dreams that foresee the future. Now I think it can happen. Although I tend to always sort of doubt my experiences a tiny bit.

Do you have any psychic, non-ordinary or other special gifts after your experience that you did not have before the experience?   Yes   This is the third questionnaire I fill in, and I could go on with many more. What I mean is that I have had multiple non-ordinary experiences in my life, the first being an NDE at 2 and a half years.    

Have you ever shared this experience with others?   Yes  About one and a half years later, I told my mother about it.

I shared it with my boyfriend immediately.

Did you have any knowledge of near death experience (NDE) prior to your experience?   Yes   Yes, I had an NDE when I was 2 and a half, so I know since I can remember.

This was not an NDE, thus I don't think it is related at all.

What did you believe about the reality of your experience shortly (days to weeks) after it happened:   Experience was definitely real   Well, it happened, so there is no doubt it is real.

My dream felt real, but in any case, the episode actually happened, so there cannot be any doubt about it.

What do you believe about the reality of your experience at the current time:   Experience was definitely real   The same I described above.

Have your relationships changed specifically as a result of your experience?   Yes   I already knew, but I realized even more how important he was for me.

I prayed every single night to thank God for giving me the gift of my boyfriend's presence in my life.

Unfortunately, we parted ways in 2017, and we are not in touch at all anymore.

Have your religious beliefs/spiritual practices changed specifically as a result of your experience?   Uncertain   I don't remember if I used to pray to thank God for my boyfriend prior to this, probably yes. If not, then this changed. But I remember having prayed to thank God for my boyfriend for most of our relationship, up until the very day before we broke up.

At any time in your life, has anything ever reproduced any part of the experience?   Yes   In the sense that the dream then happened in reality, luckily only the first part.  

Did the questions asked and information that you provided accurately and comprehensively describe your experience?   Yes   I said everything I had to say.