A man who says he "died" and came back to life says there is no light to go towards - but claims he stood beside his body in the "peaceful spirit realm". Kevin Hill, 55, has calciphylaxis - a serious, uncommon disease in which calcium accumulates in small blood vessels of the fat and skin tissues.
Kevin's dead skin, which was caused by blistering, started eating away at his live skin, which meant he was constantly in excruciating pain. Things got so bad he bled out - losing five pints of blood - and his heart stopped before doctors resuscitated him, he says.
Kevin said 'dying" and coming back to life was actually a peaceful experience - and he knew he had died. Against all the odds, he made a full recovery and said doctors dubbed him "the miracle man". Kevin, a writer, said: "I wasn't looking down at my body, but I was separate from my body.