Man describes surreal experience after being considered dead for 45 minutes

THE TIKTOKER, WHO USES THE HANDLE @AFTER.LIFE.ECHOES, BELIEVES HE WENT OVER TO THE AFTERLIFE, DURING WHICH TIME THE MAN WATCHED HIS LIFE UNFOLD AS IF IT WAS A FILM 02:24, 30 May 2025Updated

07:07, 30 May 2025 A man who was considered dead for around 45 minutes has revealed what he saw. The TikToker believes he went over to the afterlife following a nasty reaction to medication.

After the man, known as @after.life.echoes on TikTok, collapsed on the floor of a restaurant bathroom, he became lifeless and says doctors thought he was dead for around 45 minutes. He says

paramedics only realised there was sign of life after he was put into a body bag. The man understands he was unconscious and had slipped into the afterlife, where he was able to

"witness his death". "I was looking at everything from above, but what’s weird is it didn’t feel like it was me at all even though I was sitting there looking at my own dead

body," he said. "I would almost be like going to a movie, like a real movie, and seeing someone dressed like you and looking like you on the movie, but you’re like, 'That’s

not me because I’m over here watching the movie.'" READ MORE: 'I died for 11 minutes and went to heaven and hell - people need to know what I saw' His story comes after a

woman from Colorado, US, argued death is an illusion, following her near death experience. Brianna Lafferty, 33, heard a voice asking if she was ready – and agreed – as she entered into

complete darkness when she became lifeless recently. The TikToker's case mirrors Brianna's one as @after.life.echoes, a former bodybuilder, also "ended up dying" on the

bathroom floor after his convulsions. When he was found, he was cold to the touch and so doctors understood he had passed away. Article continues below And the Express US reports the man

watched the very scene unfold - like a movie - as he entered the afterlife briefly. He continued: "My background is in TV and film, so I though that was such an off choice for the

director to think he needed to overplay all these thoughts of everyone in the room." READ MORE: 'I watched my own death on operating table before I was pushed back into my

body' The former bodybuilder said ge watched paramedics bag his body and place him in an ambulance. As he was riding in the back, he started to see a light - and he regained

consciousness. Then, the man allegedly heard one of the paramedics say: "This one’s not dead." The medic unzipped the body bag, and he found a sign he was still alive. That’s when

the man finally started to realize he was watching his own death. The man detailed his experience in a TikTok clip this week, which coincided with Brianna's journey. Speaking to

reporters, she said: "Death is an illusion because our soul never dies. Our consciousness remains alive. And our very being only transforms. My thoughts instantly manifested into the

afterlife. I noticed that our thoughts create a reality there – it just takes time – which is a blessing."