19 People Shared Their Wildest Near-Death Experiences, And It'll Send Chills Down Your Spine

Have you ever had a close call? Like, a REAL close call? A moment in life that left you saying, "Wow, that was almost a picture wrap for me." Those moments will rattle you and stick with you for the rest of your life, but they also make you appreciate life more.

Reddit user u/thunderchild10 asked, "Have you ever had a near-death experience?" Here are some of the scariest responses:

1."I was on my bike when I was in year 4 when we were doing this thing in school where we would have a few days of learning to ride our bikes safely on roads. My sister and I were heading down a busy road, and I was holding down my brakes, but they had stopped working. I was frozen in shock and couldn’t move from fear. There I was, plummeting down a hill toward a busy road where a huge lorry was about to pass. ... My sister had jumped off of her bike, and full-on bolted toward me despite the speed I was going..."

2."I was jogging a trail at Mount Bachelor. I was about to pass a ledge, and some guy was standing there on his phone or something. As I was passing him, he suddenly took a step backward, knocking me off the ledge. Luckily, I only fell about 10 feet, spraining both my ankles and gashing my knee, but below the little ledge I landed on was a much larger drop of about 150-200 feet..."

"...I was at the mountain with a friend who was a minute or two behind me, and he helped me climb back up onto the trail, but I never did see the dude who knocked me off again."

—u/PM-Me-And-Ill-Sing4U

3."About two to three hours after birthing my daughter (at the time, my son was about 23 months old) and losing about two liters of blood, I got up to use the restroom, wherein I lost another liter of blood. I passed out on the bathroom floor — the cool tiles felt so good and comforting. The midwife apprentices came in, found me in and out of consciousness, freaked out, and started pulling tennis ball-sized clots out of me, yelling, “Oh my god! Oh my god!” I then saw this huge chute of swirling, brilliant white light leaving my forehead..."

"... At that moment, I realized that I hadn’t said goodbye to my children, and I refused to go. All of the light tunneled back into my head."

—u/Lucky-Refrigerator-4

4."Long story short, without going into too much detail, I'm a pilot and was flying circuits at my airport at night when another pilot, not following procedures and with no lights on, nearly t-boned my plane. He passed less than 500 feet behind at an angle of incidence of 90 degrees. I landed immediately after and put the plane away fine, but on the drive home, I felt like a shell, and it took me a few days to fully recover."

5."I accidentally walked in front of a bus. The driver screeched to a halt a few centimeters from where I was standing. I said thank you but was in total shock. I probably owe him my life. It was very humbling."

—u/fraserfraser

6."When I was around 26, I was diagnosed with an autoimmune disease. The disease attacked my organs, and one of them was my lungs. They were slowly filling with blood. I had to be put into a coma, and the doctor always used to remind me how amazed he is I made it — I ended up with kidney failure, too. But I did manage to get another kidney. The worst time of my life. Should've died multiple times."

—u/D2N8ive

7."When I was about...4 or so, I think? I came pretty close to drowning. In a fit of rage, my cousin, who was in the pool with me, snatched away my water wings. My brother dove in and rescued me. It's all a blur by now. I don't remember much; wanting to call out for help but being unable, choking and crying to my mom after the whole ordeal, trying to get the words out through my tears to explain what had happened."

8."I was canoeing in Minnesota. A guy in my camping group wanted to line (walk a canoe up a stream) instead of portage (drop stuff off on shore and carry the canoe to the next lake). I was walking up, and the water got deeper. I slipped and fell. I was tossed around in the water, took some scrapes but found purchase and pulled myself up. Directly in front of me was a sharp rock that would've gone right where my head was had I not grabbed the rock."

—Bi_Aint_Shi

9."I was 5 years old at that time; my mom and I went out to buy something, and I bought five candies. It's like chewing gum but candy. I tried swallowing it all together at the same time, and my mom was washing the dishes. I ended up choking, and I couldn't breathe or talk. I ran to my mom, and she slapped my back, and the candy that I had swallowed earlier finally came out. Thank you, mom. I'm really glad you were there. If I were home alone, I wouldn't be alive today."

—u/Stock_Wafer_5131