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[–] webghost0101@sopuli.xyz 7 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

These kind of hallucinations are not uncommon for a near death experience.

An existing theory is that its caused by your brain releasing naturaly produced dmt when its senses its about to die.

Thats pretty interesting, but doesnt explain why where giving this guy a stage and actively make them dangerously mentally ill by feeding into the delusions they experienced.