re: Strange sequence of events surrounding an otherwise peaceful death...

My grandmother was in a coma for nearly a week because of a brain tumor. Just before she passed, she opened her eyes and recognized my uncle. Things do happen. What they mean is open to interpretation. Nobody knows what really happens except the people making the transition.

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There's a nursing home cat who snuggles up against dying patients and always shows up when they have a few hours left.

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I'm no detective, but someone needs to watch that cat. Maybe it's not a sweet as you think.

My brother in law died when I was in high school after a battle with cancer. I was with him on his final night, as was a large group of family. About 30 minutes before he quit breathing, he sat up and pointed towards the bathroom which was across the room and asked everyone if they saw the angel. He slowly laid back down, closed his eyes, and never said another word.

I'm not religious and am agnostic, but he was very much so. The biggest part of me wants to say it's just something that happens near death occasionally, where people's brains will become hyperactive, causing them to see things. But I'm also open to the idea the "something" else could be there that we aren't capable of seeing - like another dimension or something.

Sounds like one of dem ghostises.

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I'm not religious and am agnostic, but he was very much so. The biggest part of me wants to say it's just something that happens near death occasionally, where people's brains will become hyperactive, causing them to see things. But I'm also open to the idea the "something" else could be there that we aren't capable of seeing - like another dimension or something.

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I guess the question to ask is, is there ever any people who don't believe in God who see God or angels or whatever and have similar interesting stories just before death?

As I have told you guys in past posts, I ran a Hospice for a while. I will have to say that becoming lucid, and speaking and recognizing people after a long period of being in what seems to be a coma, is not very unusual at all. What is unusual here is the terror thing. It is usually a happy, or neutral experience. People do see loved ones, dead pets, groups of people. Some may ask, as my Father -In-Law did, for the party in the other room to quiet down. There was no party, but he sensed a group and he had been sleeping for days before he started talking about that, and other sensations/family member sightings.
Not too sure what the lady in this story sensed, but she obviously interpreted it as scary. I don't know if she was religious, but I have found that those that believe in a power greater than themselves are much calmer at the end than those who do not, for whatever reason. I am not religious, so this is not me witnessing to ya'll, it is just what I have observed in Hospice patients.
Now the dog thing actually happened with my Grandmother, and all 3 of her Yorkies went crazy. That is a long story, but was very interesting.
Bottom line is, I do not know what she saw, but "waking up" and seeing people, or other visual sites, is not unusual at all.

I know exactly what this was

but I'm not telling

My biggest question is why does one have to be knocking on death's door to see this other dimension if in fact this is happening? Soon we will be able to induce death and revive the person and really figure out WTF is going on.

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I don't know if she was religious, but I have found that those that believe in a power greater than themselves are much calmer at the end than those who do not

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She was very religious.