DEATH BED VISIONS - Part Two

          From the works of Brad Steiger, Real Ghosts, Restless Spirits, And Haunted Places


          A Dream Of His Sister's Death


     Charles Downey had a dream that told him his sister Jean was dying.  Since he had experienced similar dreams before the deaths of other members of his family, he was inclined to pay heed to the nocturnal revelation.  "Either it's a dark Irish curse or a blessing," Downey said.  "I had experienced a similar dream before the death of our mother, our cousin Paul, and a close school friend.  Because of such a sorrowful track record, I knew that I had better pay attention to this sad dream about Jean."

     When a telephone call from his brother-in-law David confirmed Jean's approaching death, Charles and his wife Marcy left immediately to be at her bedside.  Jean's eyes did not open, but somehow she knew who was present in her room, and even where they were standing.  As Charles bent to kiss her cheek, Jean spoke in a voice barely audible:  "Don't worry, Charlie, they've come for me.  Mom, Dad, Paul, Uncle Sean, they're all here, waiting for me just outside the window.  And there's a lovely angel with them.  She'll excort us to our heavenly home."

     David was standing by the window when Jean asked him to step aside so the angel and the others might enter to take her home.  Confused, David moved back from the window, and all those present in the room were startled when a whiff of wind suddenly stirred the curtains at the same time that Jean took a final breath.

     Charles Downey wrote that his sister's face bore a lovely and restful smile as her sould departed with membeers of her family and her angel guide.


          An Angel Appeared With Her Parents To Take Her Home


     The Personal Experience of Steve Preteroti:  "I saw three separate clouds float through the doorway into the room where Rochelle lay dying.  The clouds enveloped the bed.  As I gazed through the mist, I saw what at first appeared to be the form of a woman take shape.  It was transparent and had a golden sheen.  It was a figure so glorious in appearance that no words can describe it.  The beautiful entity was dressed in a long, Grecian robe, and there was a brilliant tiara on her head.  It had to have been an angel.

     "The majestic figure remained motionless, with its hands lifted over my wife, seemingly engaged in prayer.  Then I noticed two other figures kneeling by Rochelle's bedside.  I recognized them at once as the forms of her deceased parents.  They had come in the company of an angel to guide my beloved Rochelle to heaven.  My wife's spirit duplicate appeared over her physical body, hovering above it horizontally.  It seemed to be connected to Rochelle's body by a cord.

     "The whole experience lasted for five hours.  As soon as my dear wife had taken her last breath, the glorious angel, the spirits of Rochelle's beloved parents, and the spirit form of my wife vanished."