A man who ‘died’ three times in a single day as a child has detailed what he saw ‘in heaven’ and a disturbing confession.
Landon Kemp was only eight years old when, in 1997, he and his family were involved in a terrible car accident.
The Kemps, who were driving home from church in Carolina, United States, were hit broadside by an ambulance at an intersection.
Landon’s father, Andy, was killed instantly and the car was so mangled that emergency services initially did not realize there was a child in the vehicle who needed to be rescued.
His mother, Julie, who was also in the car at the time and was treated at the scene, remembered in a YouTube Video of how he believed his son was dead.
Landon Kemp was only 8 years old when he and his family were involved in a terrible car accident in 1997.
“They couldn’t see his body because of the damage done to the driver’s side of the car,” he said.
‘When they saw Landon’s shoe, a deeper search of his body was necessary.
“When they pulled Landon out of the back of the car, he wasn’t breathing.”
First responders managed to resuscitate Landon and immediately transported him from the scene on an emergency plane to Carolina Medical Center.
He would die two more times that day, but each time doctors managed to resuscitate him.
But even then, now that Julie is conscious, doctors said her son could suffer permanent brain damage due to the sustained lack of oxygen he had experienced.
However, Landon not only miraculously avoided brain damage, he is one of the few people to experience near-death experiences, saying he temporarily went “to heaven.”
These phenomena, which have been recorded around the world, are a source of fascination for both doctors and the general public and are a general term for the things people perceive they experience when they are clinically dead.
Landon’s father Andy was killed instantly and the wreckage of the family car was so mangled that emergency services were initially unaware there was a child in the vehicle who needed to be rescued. landon photographed here at the hospital
In Landon’s case, he claims to have seen the afterlife.
Julie remembers that when Landon woke up, she went to tell him about his father’s death, but was interrupted when her son said that he already knew because he had seen his father in heaven.
Landon, 35, still remembers his experience with emotion.
“I remember being able to see my father and his friend Olan Palmer, who had passed away less than a month before him,” he said.
And Olan’s son, Neal Palmer, who had died years earlier on a four-wheeler.
“None of us said a word, but we were all standing there.”
Landon also claims to have met two of her siblings and that Julie had two miscarriages during two previous pregnancies before her son was born.
He recalled: ‘I knew they were my brothers although no one had ever told me about them.
“Just from being in heaven, I guess you know yours or you know who everyone is.”
Landon added that during each of his ‘deaths’ he had a different experience and in one he met Jesus.
Julie remembers that when Landon woke up, she went to tell him about his father’s death, but was interrupted when her son said that he already knew because he had seen his father in heaven.
‘Jesus came to me and told me that I have to come back to Earth and be a good Christian and tell others about him.’
Experiences, like Landon’s, of seeing and hearing things while clinically dead have some scientific basis.
For years, studies have shown that the human brain still functions normally for a very short period after the heart stops.
However, further research has revealed that the brain can still experience sporadic bursts of activity even after an hour without oxygen, during resuscitation.
This post-clinical death activity is found at levels normally associated with higher mental functions, such as thinking and imagining.
These discoveries have led some doctors to call for a review of the common practice of declaring people dead after three to five minutes of oxygen deprivation, since, in theory, these patients could still be resuscitated.
Research on near-death experiences has shown that people who experience them can experience a variety of different sensations, but many share a common theme.
These include out-of-body experiences, bright lights at the end of a tunnel, meeting deceased family members, or watching your life flash before your eyes.
Experiences, like Landon’s, of seeing and hearing things while clinically dead have some scientific basis.
Some remember seeing a heavenly afterlife, while others claim to have seen demons and visited hell.
While evidence that something happens in the brain after clinical death is still being explored, exactly why so many people have similar experiences remains a topic of controversy among experts.
Some theorize that as the brain undergoes these changes, essentially the “brakes” are released from the system and this opens our perception to incredibly lucid and vivid experiences of stored memories from any time in our lives.
However, this is just a theory and is disputed by other experts.
It should be noted that clinical death is differentiated from brain death.
Brain death occurs when a person connected to an artificial life support machine no longer has any brain function, meaning they will not regain consciousness.
These patients have no chance of recovery because their body cannot survive without artificial life support.
Research on near-death experiences has shown that people who experience them can experience a variety of different sensations, but many share a common theme, like bright lights at the end of a tunnel.
In the UK, this means that a person who has suffered brain death is legally dead.
This can be difficult for families of the deceased to understand, as they can see their loved one’s chest rise and fall with each breath from the ventilator, as well as how their heart continues to beat.
Brain death can be caused by both disease and injury when the blood and/or oxygen supply to the vital organ is cut off.
The condition is different from a vegetative state where the patient’s brain function remains.