“I could feel everything but had no sensation of pain; it was such as a pleasant feeling but very surreal.
“I wasn’t afraid at all and almost didn’t want to leave, but I felt like it wasn’t my time and wanted to go back to my body.”
Dave was eventually revived and awoke to a group of medics standing over him.
The experience, he said, has strengthened his belief life goes on after death.
Most medical experts, however, do not consider NDEs to be genuine instances of a person dying.