OBE Survey Results

COMMONLY REPORTED PHENOMENA ASSOCIATED WITH OUT-OF-BODY EXPERIENCES

(Based on 16,185 responses)

1: Experienced a jolt or jerk awake - 98%

2: Experienced sounds such as buzzing, humming or roaring - 85%

3: Experienced vibrations or high energy sensations - 71%

4: Experienced floating, sinking or spinning sensations - 82%

5: Experienced sleep paralysis - 72%

6: Flying in a dream - 51%

7: Being touched or lifted - 33%

8: Panic attack, overwhelming surge of fear created by strange vibrations or sounds - 46%

9: Hearing voices or footsteps - 49%

10: Seeing through closed eyelids - 49%

11: Lucid dreaming - 62%

12: Seeing or feeling the presence of an unknown nonphysical being - 22%

13: Seeing, hearing or speaking to a deceased loved one - 24%

Commonly Reported Fears

Fear of the Unknown - 7%

Unable to Return to the Body - 5%

Interaction with a Non-Physical Being - 4%

Death - 2%

Possession - 4%

Fear of Paralysis - 5%

Experiencing Evil - 1%

Becoming Lost - 3%

86% of respondents reported "no fears"

Average Age of First Out-of-Body Experience

The average age group is 4-12 years old.  This is often a repeated experience that declines during the early teen-age years.

Average Number of Out-of-body Experiences Reported per Person

(Based on 9,360 responses)

1 - 36%

2-5 - 41%

6-19 - 13%

20-100 - 3%

Over 100 - 7%