The 68 year old Charlotte Holmes was at a standard checkup with her heart doctor.
Nothing seemed unusual – until her blood pressure suddenly skyrocketed to 234 over 134.
Moments later, her heart stopped beating. She was declared clinically dead for a full 11 minutes.
While doctors fought desperately to revive her, her husband Danny could only watch in horror.
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But Charlotte Holmes wasn’t in the room anymore.
She saw her own body – and something far beyond
Charlotte Holmes describes floating above herself, watching the medical staff work frantically. She felt an overwhelming peace unlike anything she had ever known.
Music surrounded her. She smelled flowers. Then she was somewhere else entirely.
She found herself in what she describes as heaven – a place of harmony, where trees, grass and everything around her moved in rhythm with the sound.
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She saw her parents and sister – healthy, happy, and radiant with joy.
She’s certain it wasn’t a dream. She says heaven is real, and she was there.
Then came the darkness
But the peaceful experience took a terrifying turn. Darkness fell.
Charlotte Holmes says she was shown another place – a place filled with screams, fire, and the stench of rot. She believes it was hell.
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She didn't feel punished. She felt warned.
Charlotte Holmes believes she was sent back for a reason. She says she returned to life with pain, sorrow – and a mission.
A mission to share what she saw. A mission to make people understand.
"I can look you square in the eye and tell you for sure, heaven is real", she said to Mirror.
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This article is based on information from Nyheder 24 og Mirror.
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