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Have you ever had a near death experience? What happened? (lemmy.zip)

submitted 8 hours ago by IceHouse@lemmy.zip to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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About 25 years ago when I was still in college I thought it would be cool to get a motorcycle. I rode it around for about a year with no problems until one day I was riding down this mountain road near where I lived and a deer ran out in front of my bike and I swerved to avoid it, I flew off my bike and into a ditch on the side of the road and was knocked out, my bike fell off the other side of the road and down a sheer cliff face. It was not obvious anyone has ever been there or that there was an accident. I laid there for almost a two days until people started looking for me after missing work. When I came to my legs were messed up, I had broken an ankle, elbow and wrist and couldn't move. I sat there for hours convinced I was going to die. I was pretty upset about it but after a while the anxiety washed away and I just went completely numb. My next memory was waking up in a hospital.

Thank god I was wearing a helmet.

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[–] mathemachristian@hexbear.net 2 points 3 hours ago

Lights turn green, I step on the road, I have no words for this other than spidey sense tingles, I step back, car shoots past me.

I believe god was with me that day because I did not see or hear the car approaching it was that fast.