Researchers know that ‘out-of-body’ experiences can be induced “by brain traumas, childhood traumas, sensory deprivation, near-death experiences, dissociative and psychedelic drugs, dehydration, sleep, and electrical stimulation of the brain, among others. It can also be deliberately induced by some.

Twelve-year-old boy woke up shortly after midnight screaming his head off. He told his parents there was a car accident on the town’s bridge and 5 teenagers he knew got killed. Parents finally convinced him it was only a dream. In the morning, they heard the sad news. Five teenagers killed on the bridge. Time of accident, shortly after midnight…