Janice Goff
What Researchers Found
The Story
Janice Goff was a real estate agent living in Arizona when her deceased father warned her about an impending hurricane. On a Saturday morning in August 2005, as she prepared for work, the air opened like curtains, and her father's voice blasted into her head and spine, screaming 'go home now' to protect her mother in Mississippi. She fell to her knees, then urgently told her husband Kenny and son Matt to prepare for a 38-hour drive. They left immediately, unaware of Hurricane Katrina, and stocked up on fuel along the way. They arrived in New Orleans just as the interstate closed behind them on Sunday. They prepared her mother's two-story house by filling bathtubs, placing axes upstairs, and elevating the truck. Katrina hit Monday, causing flooding but sparing the house on the high hill. After the storm, they endured weeks without communication or fuel amid destruction and death. Janice's family survived and escaped after three weeks. This experience deepened Janice's belief in the enduring power of love from the other side, strengthening her faith in spiritual protections and warnings.
“from the love of god janice i'm afraid uh i want to thank you for sharing this”
This account describes a vivid auditory warning from a deceased father rather than an NDE with veridical perceptions. Lacks medical crisis, specific remote perceptions, and detailed verifiable elements; strength limited by vagueness of message ('go home now') and reliance on post-event confirmation without precise corroborated details.
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What Researchers Found
This account describes a vivid auditory warning from a deceased father rather than an NDE with veridical perceptions. Lacks medical crisis, specific remote perceptions, and detailed verifiable elements; strength limited by vagueness of message ('go home now') and reliance on post-event confirmation without precise corroborated details.
Score reflects verifiable perceptions reported. A low score indicates the experience was primarily spiritual or subjective, not that it didn't occur.
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