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Re: Ever Had A Close Shave With Death? by trippleKAY(m): 2:27pm On Oct 03, 2021
udemzyudex:
I still remember the day i got shock by electric, I wanted to go and switch on the water pumping machine, I didn't know it was shocking.

It was around 7pm in the evening, immediately I power on the machine then turn to switch the flow of water, that's how I couldn't remove my hand from there, I was dragging with the current and shouting at the same time hoping someone will come and turn of the light, the gen was on and I was the only one at the backyard.

I passed out after some seconds I guess, only to wake up to find myself a meter away from the spot it happened, immediately I got up I ran outside, shouting jesus jesus, the electric shock was still in my body, like something pressing me down and I felt helpless.

It was when a lady poured water on my head, that the shock went down and regain myself.
My tongue was white, my toes were burnt even till now is till have those burnt like red black blood clot.

It was a crazy experience, some people were saying thank God it threw me away, if not it would have been a different story.
God clearly saved u boss

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Re: Ever Had A Close Shave With Death? by trippleKAY(m): 2:31pm On Oct 03, 2021
2016 in my final year, was cooking beans, putting ingredients next thing I heard was 'voom' 2sec I was burnt (my two legs, hand and face) second degree burns. Thank God for life.

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Re: Ever Had A Close Shave With Death? by bareal(m): 2:38pm On Oct 03, 2021
Soulsymbol99:
Was traveling in a commercial bus on high speed wen the back tire suddenly bust. Luckily there were no on coming vehicles cause it was a one lane high way. the driver was able to control the car till it stopped. It was frm the incident that I learnt wen in such situation, NEVER APPLY YOUR BRAKES cause na serious yawa if u do. Had the driver done so, the bus for somersault.

Mine summersaulted multiple times before dropping into a ditch. How I managed to get out without a scratch is still a mystery to me because people died.

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Re: Ever Had A Close Shave With Death? by Samade7: 2:40pm On Oct 03, 2021
Went to Lagos for Nigerian Flour Mill sales rep interview, went to sleep in my uncle's house along Agbara, he dropped me at volks park the following day to board a bus back to Ilorin, immediately he left I went to the bus driver n lied to him dat I have forgotten my credentials dat I wanted to go n submit in Ilorin at home dat he should refund the transport fare my uncle paid n only wanted to leave the park cos I don't like boarding same bus with some set of pple in dat bus. I left for mile 2, on getting there I met a bus loading with just 3 passengers left to fill up. Immediately I entered, a young lady also came in, remaining just one passenger. The lady requested me to help her to be watching her belongings while she went to buy some things at d gate but I told her is better we go together dat I also wanted to buy something. Lo and behold, before we came back three guys have already taken our space, which we complain to d driver n he told us he has nothing to do about it. Myself n the lady had to settled for the next bus. Unfortunate thing happened between Oyo and Ogbomosho express way, the bus we missed had an accident with dangote gas truck n all the occupants died on the spot.

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Re: Ever Had A Close Shave With Death? by EndBuhariNow(m): 2:41pm On Oct 03, 2021
queenitee:

What’s a drainage opener please?
Thank God for your life
Drain cleaners are also made with dangerous chemicals that can be quite harmful to the people using them. They release harmful fumes which can cause burns on the skin, eyes, and internal linings of the respiratory system. They can also cause serious burns and rashes if they come in contact with your skin

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Re: Ever Had A Close Shave With Death? by YourFavorite21(m): 2:42pm On Oct 03, 2021
I have had so many encounters with death, this one happened when my dad, my mum, my siblings and I were traveling home(Anambra) for my paternal grandpa's burial in November 2016 in our private car, we left Yola very early that day we got to Nsukka in Enugu state, around 5pm, there was hold up, so there was a Trailer that was carrying cows, behind us I don't know how it happened Sha, but all of a sudden it seems like the driver slept off, and lost control and hit our car on the back door, causing the door to compress, my dad and I came down and change am for the mallam, he was pleading and begging, he even offered to compensate us with one goat, since he had no cash, but we just overlooked it after other road users begged us too, we just left and went to a panel-beater nearby to fix the damages, this is part of the reason why I hate following those big trucks in a queue, or trucks following me, either ways, imagine if the trailer climbed the car and crushed us, indeed God is merciful.

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Re: Ever Had A Close Shave With Death? by queenitee(f): 2:45pm On Oct 03, 2021
EndBuhariNow:
Drain cleaners are also made with dangerous chemicals that can be quite harmful to the people using them. They release harmful fumes which can cause burns on the skin, eyes, and internal linings of the respiratory system. They can also cause serious burns and rashes if they come in contact with your skin
Oh wow, thank you very much.

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Re: Ever Had A Close Shave With Death? by Westchester(m): 2:47pm On Oct 03, 2021
Being born in Nigeria is a near death experience and still living in Nigeria is a living with death situation cry

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Re: Ever Had A Close Shave With Death? by TheGreatIYANU: 2:50pm On Oct 03, 2021
I've had a few, but the worst NDEs I've had were in the air. On three occasions I thought it was finally over and prayed my last prayers. I can state one here -

Associated Air from Lagos to Abuja. They had these old Embraer turbo props that were literally at the mercy of Wx. On this flight, we were descending to land and entered a massive CB formation. It threw the aircraft everywhere except the ground. As we were been buffeted by the cloud, the entire plane got dark. People were shouting throughout the plane and prayers were erupting from every corner. At some point, the airplane rose into the air then dropped so steeply, I thought we had entered the ocean. We Carried on like this till we landed at Nnamdi Azikiwe.
When we disembarked, I had shakes in my leg throughout the ride home.
Few years later, the same Aircraft with the same pilot - Captain Yakubu, crashed with the body of a former governor.

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Re: Ever Had A Close Shave With Death? by LegitPlug: 3:01pm On Oct 03, 2021
jesusjnr2020:
The second I would share happened when I had grown up, while I was about to cross the road one day. Now I had looked to the left and thought it was clear, and then to the right, but just as I was about to cross, I had "voom", as a car pass me in high speed. I was in shock and wondering where the car came from, because it was that close. The car would have just carried me along to where i didn't plan to go, but thank God things didn't pan out that way. However what happened that day is something that's still vividly on my mind because up til now, I can't explain how that happened and where the car came from.

God bless.

grin��

I had a similar experience when I was in my JSS 1 but in my case the car lifted me as high as 8 to 9 feets. Before the law of gravity could takes place, the gallon I was holding has already crossed to the other side of the road. By the time I finally hit the ground, it was as if my head was spinning on my neck. Everything around was just turning on their own. To my greatest surprise, I felt no pain, had no bruise... not even a single scratch. The driver was forced take me to a specialist hospital just about 4 minutes drive from the scene and after series of tests, the doctors said the driver must have brought the wrong person then they asked me to go home. Only God could do that such.

My second near death experience was in my SS1/2. I and some friends frequent Ogun river to swim which was fun. On that faithful day, the tide was very high and as usual, we were playing the tag game. When it was my turn to tag someone, I chase these guys for close to 20 minutes but were not giving in then I became tired. I was swimming against the tide, my hands were weak then I went down. The first time the water pushed me up, I looked and I was my guys placed their hands on their head. Going in again, I remembered there was a mystery rock close to the spot I was. We called it a mystery rock because during the dry season we do see the top of it and the size is just about 7 inches. Sometimes we would swim to where it is, stand on it with just one foot then dive back into the river. So as the water pushed me up the second time, I pushed myself toward the direction of the rock and as I go down the third time which no one can survive, I found my leg on the rock and it was as if God had purposely planted the rock there because of me. After taking a breather for about 1 minutes, I followed the tide without much effort on my path to the river bank. I still believe God planted that rock in that spot to save me.

My third experience was when I traveled to Ibadan from lagos to write Jamb. On my way back to Lagos at about 7pm, the driver of my bus recieved a call which made him to reduce his speed. Within few seconds, we say flashes of light which we later got to know was bolts from the trailer that was beside us which was now ahead of us because our bus driver had reduced his pace. We watched the trailer drift to our lane which could have hit our bus off the road into a canal which none of us could have survived.

My fourth experience was just about 4 months ago and that experience changed my perspectives about everything. It made me to realize that everything we struggle for day in day out, everything we love and hold dear, all the wealth we've accumulated are worthless if you're not being lead by the spirit of God.

On that fateful day, I needed some granite at site but the people I entrusted the project to have been ripping me off and intentionally delaying my project so I decided to source for the stone myself. After negotiating the price, a trailer was called to load the granite. I sat just down the slope where the seller placed her tent and while the driver was reversing, something told me to move away from where I was as it was directly opposite where the driver was trying to park his trailer to load the stone. Within 2 seconds of me leaving the spot, the trailer's brake failed and I watched it crashing into where I had just left. It took me just 3 reluctant steps but here I am today. What if I had ignored the silent voice that said get up and move away?

If no be for God, where man for dey?

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Re: Ever Had A Close Shave With Death? by Ayt27(m): 3:08pm On Oct 03, 2021
Mide3367:
None at all.. I am grateful to God for grace

That's what you think, no one truly knows the number of times he has had a close shave with death, it just passes and one is oblivious to the fact that this was a NDE

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Re: Ever Had A Close Shave With Death? by pongwa(m): 3:19pm On Oct 03, 2021
jesusjnr2020:
Ever Had A Close Shave With Death?

I have on several occasions when death was just a hair's breath away, but i'm alive today only because Someone up there decided that my time to depart this world had not yet come, some of which I'm going to share here.

The first was one I wasn't even aware of myself when it happened because I was just an infant at the time. It was my mum who later told me about it.

She and my dad were about to zoom off to church with the car when they had a crackling sound underneath the car, and had to stopped the car immediately.

When they came down from the car, guess who they saw under the car? Yes it was yours truly, to their greatest shock. I was the one under the car that made the car to make that crackling sound, after they had just began to move, but please don't ask me what I was doing there, I didn't even know that I was there at any point. But thankfully when I was assessed by them, I was very fine and yet bouncing, no bruises, nothing, which was also shocking but a much welcomed one.

However they were still in complete shock because of what had happened as the thought of how differently things could have panned out couldn't leave their mind.

Just imagine what the news have been would be like regardless that it wasn't deliberate. That they had ran over their child on their way to the church and he died as a result. It was better imagined than lived but thank God, He who never sleeps nor slumbers was watching over me that day, so it panned out in a way they could still share the story with me much later, not without me.

God bless.
had a close shave with death just under 24 hours ago. My car hit a culvert at high speed, it flipped over and I came out with few bruises and muscle pains. Car damaged but thank God I am alive. I have a nasty headache right now as I'm typing at home so I'm contemplating whether I should enter hospital

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Re: Ever Had A Close Shave With Death? by 9ino(m): 3:23pm On Oct 03, 2021
jesusjnr2020:
The second I would share happened when I had grown up, while I was about to cross the road one day. Now I had looked to the left and thought it was clear, and then to the right, but just as I was about to cross, I had "voom", as a car pass me in high speed. I was in shock and wondering where the car came from, because it was that close. The car would have just carried me along to where i didn't plan to go, but thank God things didn't pan out that way. However what happened that day is something that's still vividly on my mind because up til now, I can't explain how that happened and where the car came from.

God bless.
That has also happened to me when I was 7 and I can still view it vividly in my mind but I can't tell where that car came from

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Re: Ever Had A Close Shave With Death? by Adefaze(m): 3:39pm On Oct 03, 2021
Haryhomyidhey:
the day i can remember vividly was on the 29th of november 2020.... I was driving home that night while it was 11 cats and dogs. I was in my car and i entered the estate where i live... Suddenly, while still driving, a naked life wire dropped right infront of my car and was sparking, i was flabbergasted... I parked my car right infront of this naked wire and i got down. The wire was still Sparking right on the ground.. The security guards came around and an electritian was called.. Had it been i did not see the wire dropping, only God knew what would had happened, when i got home that day, i couldn't thank God enough..
Re: Ever Had A Close Shave With Death? by michaelbills(m): 3:53pm On Oct 03, 2021
Never be outside late in Oshodi at that time. Never ever.



kay29000:
About 7 years ago, I was at Oshodi around 11pm, looking for ATM to use. I passed by some touts partying, so I stayed in the middle of the road, so that if I had to run, I would be able to do so successfully.

I passed by the touts, I still kept waliking in the middle of the road... All of a sudden, I heard a car engine rev up behind me. Apparently, the driver of the car was scared of the touts too, and sped up the car, coming at me at full speed. I ran left, he turned left, I ran right, he turned right (out of panic), next thing I knew was I was flying in the air. The car hit my side, and I spun around multiple times before landing on my shoulder.

It all happened within a couple of seconds. I think I was out for a few minutes, because when I got up the touts had surrounded me, and they were saying in Yoruba, "ko ti ku sha." He isn't dead.

My shoulder was dislocated and I had a few scratches, but nothing so serious. It was a crazy experience.
Re: Ever Had A Close Shave With Death? by BornRicch(m): 4:03pm On Oct 03, 2021
I can vividly recall when I was in Ghana. I rented a guest house with my friend, and we were there for 6 months. There was this faithful day and it was raining like crazy with heavy thunderstorm. The hall (parlor) was leaking and I had no idea because it was at the edge along the wall and the floor was wet. I was sitting on the chair while my phone is charging and I was busy chatting online. Omo the next thing I hear na heavy thunderstorm. E be like say them send the thunder for me, the thunder strike me very hard that throw the phone away and I lost consciousness. I was scared to death thunder really strike me for real. Omo I thank God that day.
Re: Ever Had A Close Shave With Death? by Exodora: 4:06pm On Oct 03, 2021
A week before my call up letter I went to the market to buy things that I will be needing in the camp as I was leaving the market I saw group of people so i got close to take a glimpse of what was happening , on getting close I discovered it was some group of magicians trying to extort money from people so I left without wasting time . When I got home I took my bath and ate and then lay down to take a nap , the next thing I saw was my room turning including my bed I couldn't really make out sense from it so tried to get up but it got worst cause i started having this faint feel I laid back on my bed with my eyes closed and then called my mum who took care of it .

The second was two weeks before POP I was taking my bath the next thing I slipped and hit my head on the bathtub I was there for some minutes before I regained consciousness.
I would never forget this incident sometimes I wonder why God loves me this much cause so many people have lost their life through this particular incident. Sometimes i wondered what my life would have been in that room if it wasn't for God that day , me in a bathtub without my Lodge mates knowledge and then after some days they will perceive some odours and they would trace it and discovered it was in my room and again a lifeless decayed body will be brought out . Nobody will know what truly happened but trust my Nigerian brothers and sisters they will definitely carry all sorts of rumours about me and how I died but I dodge am .

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Re: Ever Had A Close Shave With Death? by michaelbills(m): 4:06pm On Oct 03, 2021
Franklerry:
It was when I travelled to gabon through the sea in 2005...the story long

Please tell your story.
Re: Ever Had A Close Shave With Death? by michaelbills(m): 4:14pm On Oct 03, 2021
Someone has said what I wanted to say. Nothing like family. Just manage atleast you have someone in this life you could trust with you life.


SporaD8:

He has been way too over over bearing but I just have no choice than to over look his excesses.
Need I add that that singular experience made him trained and become an experience Electrician?
Re: Ever Had A Close Shave With Death? by michaelbills(m): 4:22pm On Oct 03, 2021
Jehovah is the greatest.


SunTzu123:
May 1 1998. 3am. I was on night bus from PH to Lagos. Between Benin and Ore. The luxury bus (belonging to the most popular transport company in Nigeria at that period) slammed into a stationery trailer carrying concrete slabs . Driver, conductor and passengers in the first five row of seats all died.

Before then, I always sat on the first row of seats in a luxury bus anytime I travel. But on this particular trip, as I went to buy the ticket at PH, as soon as the ticket attendant asked me; what seat do you want? ( I was number one on the ticket queue just because I must chose seat 1, 2, 3 or 4. But as soon as she asked the question, I opened my mouth but nothing came out.

Everyone on the line started shouting at me to chose my seat and leave the queue. I struggled to speak but nothing came out. Someone from the back shouted that I was starring at the beautiful ticket attendants breasts. Still nothing came from my mouth.

In punishment, the ticket attendant (was also shouting at me now to make a choice so she can attend to others) assigned me seat number 44. The very last row on the bus. And ordered me to leave the queue. I left in shock; me? Seat 44? But I was temporarily dumb.

That was my saving grace.

3am, between Benin and Ore. I was asleep. Suddenly BANG!
I still (very clearly) hear the shrieks, cries and moaning of the dying till this day. The night was pitch black. I have a slight scar on my face from that. Because I was in the last row, I was thrown forward and hit my face on the floor on top of some object.

Another bus quickly stopped and offerd those of us with minor injury free ride to Lagos.

What struck me with dumbness when I wanted to claim seat number 1?

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Re: Ever Had A Close Shave With Death? by Burna440(m): 4:26pm On Oct 03, 2021
I was traveling to Bauchi state in 2013 for an admission screening in ATBU, the journey got delayed and we were late, I think there was curfew in Jos or North as a whole then cos of Boko Haram issues, the dry managed to evade the curfew in Jos.. the car was on speed and I was on the front seat beside the driver, it was a Sienna car, we suddenly saw flashes of of torch light and the driver tried to slow down but the break refused to work and the driver started muttering in language I don’t know, I immediately buckled my seatbelt and the next was gunshots towards us, there was shouting in the car, I only remembered the car running into something and woke up the next in a military hospital, the driver and two other passengers died from bullets, but I was not hit by any bullet, am still wondering how no bullet hit me knowing I was in front seat, I only fainted due to shock

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Re: Ever Had A Close Shave With Death? by jesusjnr2020(m): 4:37pm On Oct 03, 2021
pongwa:
had a close shave with death just under 24 hours ago. My car hit a culvert at high speed, it flipped over and I came out with few bruises and muscle pains. Car damaged but thank God I am alive. I have a nasty headache right now as I'm typing at home so I'm contemplating whether I should enter hospital
Wow! shocked

Thank God oh!

Regardless what you decide to do, you'd be fine. In Jesus name.
Re: Ever Had A Close Shave With Death? by michaelbills(m): 4:39pm On Oct 03, 2021
eedimo:
My sis and I at the the centre of the River that separate ebonyi from Cross River at the middle of the night on rainy day, with a faulty boat and headed nowhere.

Again it is well

This is horrific!

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Re: Ever Had A Close Shave With Death? by pongwa(m): 4:51pm On Oct 03, 2021
jesusjnr2020:
Wow! shocked

Thank God oh!

Regardless what you decide to do, you'd be fine. In Jesus name.
Amen o. For first time in my life I was so helpless. I now know that death can come anytime truly

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Re: Ever Had A Close Shave With Death? by fineboynl(m): 4:53pm On Oct 03, 2021
I can't count the number of close range oh. Na only God power they keep me through.

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Re: Ever Had A Close Shave With Death? by BRATISLAVA: 5:02pm On Oct 03, 2021
YoungDaNaval:
That was 2015 when my little cousin of 5months slip from my hand and fell into a well with water inside. I quickly join her into the well so I can die with her there. The way we were both saved is still a mystery to me till today. Happened in Kaduna

You're a strange person.
Re: Ever Had A Close Shave With Death? by ifeayo300: 5:14pm On Oct 03, 2021
I had this accident while we were heading to the village in 2014 I guess. It was my grandma burial then , on our way , a trailer drove towards us from the corridor and our drive had to dodge that but fortunately for us we hit one of this filling station's gate and everyone was safe, forward to when we was coming back to Lagos after the burial , the whole family and friends was inside this big truck while coming back and it was night time already , our truck started jiggling , left , right , left , right , we all started shouting "Jesus " suddenly the truck fell into a stagnant water and the other side of the truck faced the ground , man thank God police officers were within , they had to rescue us that late hour and we slept at the police station. No one was injured. We got to Lagos the next day and guess what our driver who had to be my dad's eldest brother fainted the next day because when the truck fell , those who sat with him at the front seat pressed him down , he was the last to be rescued cos we had to break the truck glass before we could bring him out. Thank God for Life �❤️
Re: Ever Had A Close Shave With Death? by Mikael0407(m): 5:18pm On Oct 03, 2021
Been in an automobile accident with only slight injuries, survived from a house on fire with smoke all in my lungs for days cry, survived being shot at several times. survived everyday so far. No be man na God!
Re: Ever Had A Close Shave With Death? by Yankee101: 5:38pm On Oct 03, 2021
You all have great testimonies

It's evidence God loves you and has a purpose for your life

Do good, help others, you were given a second and third chance. Give others that chance too

Enjoy righteousness
Re: Ever Had A Close Shave With Death? by MASTERMIND04(m): 5:43pm On Oct 03, 2021
OP, you and cars Sha. Anyways, thank God for your life.
Re: Ever Had A Close Shave With Death? by ADAMUdaCOWBOY: 5:56pm On Oct 03, 2021
Haryhomyidhey:
the day i can remember vividly was on the 29th of november 2020.... I was driving home that night while it was raining cats and dogs. I was in my car and i entered the estate where i live... Suddenly, while still driving, a naked life wire dropped right infront of my car and was sparking, i was flabbergasted... I parked my car right infront of this naked wire and i got down. The wire was still Sparking right on the ground.. The security guards came around and an electritian was called.. Had it been i did not see the wire dropping, only God knew what would had happened, when i got home that day, i couldn't thank God enough..
If you had driven over it, nothing would have happened, my sister, coming down was your undoing. You could have killed yourself right there. I think it was village people that called you out of your car, but God intervened.
Re: Ever Had A Close Shave With Death? by Queenzzy: 6:23pm On Oct 03, 2021
Adamgeneral12:
See me o, I go climb tree they find locust beans na so I hear gun shot gboaa!
I just they hear the sound of a bullet coming towards me, the thing they make noise with grate speed.

Me wey be say na karanbani carry me climb tree I just freeze on top of the tree branch because I don't know which direction the bullet go pass.

Na him I hear paauuuuu! In front of me.

You know what? Na the bullet, the thing pass in front of me with great speed.

Na so I come come down from the tree pack my locust beans go home.

Akoba gafara.

Things like that always dey happen to me regularly but the way I dey escape na him dey wonder me
you even still get mind to pack locust.. looool

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