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| Which religious figure has been seen in NDEs? | Near-Death Experiences Quiz! (chinadoll66102) |
all of these (Jesus, Buddha, God). Religious figures have been seen before in some NDE's. However, it seems that whoever they see is the one they believe in. For example, a Christian often reports seeing Jesus, and a Buddhist often reports seeing Buddha. However, not many (if any actually) have reported seeing a human-like God. God has always been reported as being the white light that is seen so much in NDE's. And God, the NDE experiencers claim, is the eternal force of Love.
| Where was the research vessel Gulf Stream lost? | The Bermuda Triangle: Facts and Myths (Jayman0755) |
Off the coast of Maine. The Gulf Stream, a 55' research vessel, left Boothbay Harbor, Maine in January of 1975 bound for its home port of Fort Lauderdale. Debris was found off the Maine coast and, in 1998, shipwreck hunter John Fish announced that he had found wreckage that appeared to be the Gulf Stream off Cape Porpoise, just a short cruise down the Maine coast from Boothbay Harbor.
| Where was the freighter Norse Variant most probably lost? | The Bermuda Triangle: Facts and Myths (Jayman0755) |
Off the coast of New Jersey. Sailing from Newport News, Virginia to Germany, the Norse Variant had no reason to enter the Bermuda Triangle, although its disappearance is often listed as happening in the Triangle. The ship last reported her position as southeast of Cape May, New Jersey, but she was not seen by other ships on the busy routes just outside New York Harbor, indicating that she disappeared somewhere along the New Jersey coast.
| Where did the tug Southern Cities disappear? | The Bermuda Triangle: Facts and Myths (Jayman0755) |
In the Gulf of Mexico, southeast of Brownsville. Although often listed as a casualty of the Bermuda Triangle, the tug Southern Cities was making her fourth trip from Freeport, Texas to Tuxpan, Mexico, towing a loaded barge. Heavy seas and high winds were reported by other vessels. On November 5, 1966, the barge was found adrift approximately 105 miles northeast of Tuxpan with the towing hawser still connected and the cargo still aboard. The Southern Cities, designed as a harbor tug, was ill suited to coastal and ocean going work and had had problems on two of her previous trips. Although no bodies or debris were ever found, it is assumed that she sank somewhere between her last reported position, which was approximately 95 miles east-southeast of Brownsville, and the place where her barge was found.
| What was the last radio transmission from the tanker Marine Sulphur Queen? | The Bermuda Triangle: Facts and Myths (Jayman0755) |
A routine position report from just west of the Dry Tortugas. The Marine Sulphur Queen was last heard from on February 4, 1963 when she radioed a routine position report placing her just west of the Dry Tortugas. Interestingly, neither the Coast Guard, the ship's owners, nor the consignee who was to receive her cargo of liquefied sulfur realized she was missing until an investment broker called the Coast Guard after being unable to reach the ship to confirm a wheat futures order he had received via radio from crewmember Willie Manuel. Although not yet confirmed, wreckage discovered in 423' of water near the Dry Tortugas may be the Marine Sulphur Queen.
| What was the intended route of the steamer City of Glasgow, and where was it most likely lost? | The Bermuda Triangle: Facts and Myths (Jayman0755) |
Liverpool to Philadelphia, probably lost in the North Atlantic. In spite of at least one writer's insistence that the City of Glasgow left New York bound for Liverpool "by the southern route" as supporting his belief that she disappeared in the Triangle, manifests on file with Lloyd's show that the vessel left Liverpool on March 1, 1854 with 480 passengers and crew. In all likelihood, she would have sailed a normal "great circle" route through the north Atlantic, where she may have met a fate similar to the one RMS Titanic would meet in those waters some 58 years later: without benefit of wireless telegraphy or radios, she was never heard from again after she cleared Liverpool.
| What is different about the Crystal from other vessels lost in the Bermuda Triangle? | The Bermuda Triangle: Facts and Myths (Jayman0755) |
It was found four years after it disappeared. The Crystal disappeared in 1964 and, as is often the case with disappearances in the Triangle, there was no distress call. In 1968 the Crystal was found, although details of the circumstances have proven difficult to find, possibly because they don't readily support any of the myths or theories about the Triangle.
| What has been reported to have been 'seen' during an out of body experience in an NDE? | Near-Death Experiences Quiz! (chinadoll66102) |
doctors doing resuscitation techniques on their body. Interestingly, many patients claim to have seen actual things going on in the emergency room while the doctors operated on them. This can vary anywhere from the procedures they used, to the clothes the doctors were wearing. There has been a study done by Dr. Sabom who gathered 2 groups of test subjects: those who had just had an NDE, and those who never had one. He asked those who had an NDE to express in detail what they claimed to have seen as resuscitation procedures. Then he had the group of those who have never had an NDE to watch a medical procedure on tape, and after he turned it off he quizzed them about the detail and performance of the doctors. Surprisingly, 80 percent of those who had not had an NDE didn't report the medical procedure accurately at all, while those with an NDE had made no mistakes in describing their resuscitation procedure.
| What drug can create effects very similar to a NDE? | Near-Death Experiences Quiz! (chinadoll66102) |
ketamine. Ketamine is an anesthetic used on animals during operations. It works by blocking brain receptors, and creating an altered state of consciousness. There is a theory that a ketamine-like chemical is released to let an ailing system repair itself, however that chemical in the brain has yet to be found. But, it is still quite interesting that while brain receptors should be dying off, they expand into a new realm of consciousness.
| Was the Japanese freighter Raifuku Maru lost in the Triangle? | The Bermuda Triangle: Facts and Myths (Jayman0755) |
No, it sank off the New England coast. According to at least three authors, Raifuku Maru was lost east of the Bahamas, disappearing without a trace. In fact, the April 1925 disappearance of the wheat laden ship happened soon after leaving Boston, and was witnessed by crewmembers and passengers of the New York bound liner RMS Homeric, which was attempting to render assistance despite a storm and heavy seas.
| True or False: No one has ever experienced a 'bad' NDE? | Near-Death Experiences Quiz! (chinadoll66102) |
False . False false false! There have been quite a few cases where people have reported being in 'hell' or a dark, scary place, and feeling horrible emotions while having a NDE. Many of those NDE's turn into positive ones later, when seeing 'the light'.
| True or False: No one ever gives a message to people in NDEs? | Near-Death Experiences Quiz! (chinadoll66102) |
False . Usually the words are not 'vocal' but conveyed through thoughts. In many NDE's, people are told something to the effect of 'it is not your time to go yet'.
| The tanker V. A. Fogg is often listed as lost in the Bermuda Triangle. Was it really? | The Bermuda Triangle: Facts and Myths (Jayman0755) |
No, it sank in the Gulf of Mexico. The V. A. Fogg was on its way from Freeport, Texas to Houston at the time of her sinking. Having just unloaded a cargo of benzene at the Phillips Petroleum and DuPont Chemical terminals, they needed to clean their tanks, and had five workmen aboard for that purpose. While the exact cause of the sinking was never determined, it is likely that benzene fumes exploded in the tanks. The ship sank in a matter of minutes.
| Has the disappearance of the schooner USS Patriot ever been explained? | The Bermuda Triangle: Facts and Myths (Jayman0755) |
Yes, deathbed confessions of two men indicate that pirates murdered everyone aboard, plundered the cargo, and then set the ship adrift under full sail.. The Patriot disappeared in 1813 on a voyage between Charleston and New York City. On board was Theodosia Burr Alston, the daughter of former vice president Aaron Burr and wife of South Carolina Governor Joseph Alston. Numerous versions of what happened to the ship were told, but eventually two men made deathbed confessions to having been part of a pirate crew that murdered everyone aboard, plundered the cargo, and then set the ship adrift under full sail. While some doubt these confessions, they are similar enough to indicate that they may be true, and they do serve to explain the fate of the Patriot.
| Did the cabin cruiser Witchcraft disappear in the Triangle? | The Bermuda Triangle: Facts and Myths (Jayman0755) |
Yes. The case of the Witchcraft is one of the more baffling mysteries of the Bermuda Triangle. On December 22, 1967 Dan Burack, owner of the craft and a highly experienced sailor, and Father Patrick Horgan went out on the boat to view the Christmas lights of Miami. Their last reported position was near buoy #7, still in the Miami harbor. Burack radioed that he had hit something, but thought that the boat was in no danger. Neither the boat nor its occupants were ever seen or heard from again.
| Approximately what percentage of people who have been revived after being clinically dead on the operating table had a NDE? | Near-Death Experiences Quiz! (chinadoll66102) |
18. This is one of the great puzzles of the NDE. Not everyone has one. There have been studies done of people who have 'died', and the results were: 100 percent suffered a shortage of oxygen, 100 percent were given morphine-like drugs, and 100 percent were dead for around the same time. Yet only 18 percent had an NDE.
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