He Died. Was Put into a Body Bag. Came Back to Tell. | Vincent (Vinney) Tolman (Episode 185)

About this episode

Vincent (Vinney) Tolman shares his near-death experience and the verifiable events he witnessed while clinically dead.

Vincent (Vinney) Tolman died in 2003 in a Dairy Queen bathroom after taking an accidental overdose of a supplement. Clinically dead, he was bagged and transported to a medical examiner. A rookie medic broke protocol and resuscitated him. What makes his case compelling: while clinically dead, Vinney had verifiable experiences that challenge our understanding of consciousness and what happens when we die. While his body lay dead in a bathroom, Vinney's consciousness watched from outside his body. He observed paramedics attempting resuscitation, watched his body being bagged, saw the ambulance, and witnessed specific medical procedures including defibrillation shocks. He watched his arm being strapped down in the ICU. When he reconnected with his body, he could verify details he had no way of knowing while unconscious. He also had some remarkable and transformational experiences in a non physical dimension. Including some people and beings he met there, which later provided shocking evidence that something very real was going on. Vinney's case included observable elements that corroborate his account. He describes what he saw while dead, what was verifiable, and what this suggests…

People in this episode

Host: Elizabeth Entin

Guest: Vincent (Vinney) Tolman

Topics covered

• near-death experience
• consciousness
• afterlife
• resuscitation
• spirituality
• medical procedures

Keywords

• near-death experience
• consciousness
• afterlife
• resuscitation
• Dairy Queen
• defibrillation
• spirituality

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Dairy Queen, livinggodslight.org

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