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The Woman Has a Near-Death Experience, Discovers Pure Joy, and Says the Secret of Life Is to Be Happy in Your Heart
The NDE (near-death experience) of Catherine O’Loughlin
Catherine O’Loughlin knew something was wrong the moment she approached her beehives. It was August 5th, 2013, on the west coast of Ireland.
The bees were angry.
They flew around in circles, agitated and hostile.
These were her own bees, usually calm and cooperative.
As soon as she got near the hive, they attacked. The bees tried to get under her protective suit. They buzzed furiously around her visor, looking for any way to sting her.
Something was terribly wrong.
Catherine walked away to the next field, just as beekeepers are taught to do. But the bees followed her.
They finally stung Catherine. Her lip began to swell. Her eyes puffed up. Her heart started pounding hard and fast.
Fear crept in as she realized this wasn’t a normal bee sting reaction.
The half-mile walk home felt endless. When Catherine finally reached her house, she lay down on the ground, hoping to calm herself while her ex-partner got the car. But lying down made…
