A WOMAN scrawled an eerie message that appears to read "it's real" after she died for 27 minutes - and claims to have seen heaven.
Tina Hines collapsed as she was heading out with her husband Brian in Phoenix, Arizona, and needed to be resuscitated six times.


The mum-of-four was "dead" for a total of 27 minutes as medics battled to save her.
But after she was successfully brought back to life for the last time, speechless Tina gestured for a pen and paper.
She managed to draw out a seemingly indecipherable series of lines.
But on closer inspection they appeared to read: "It's real."
'SAW HEAVEN'
Tina was referring to heaven - which she claims to have seen during her brush with death following her heart attack in February last year.
When asked by her worried family what she meant, a still mute Tina gestured her head towards the sky.
She later claimed she saw the figure of Jesus standing in front of the pearly gates with a bright light behind him.
Tina told AZfamily.com after her miracle recovery: "It was so real - the colours were so vibrant."
Her story is too real not to share and has given me a stronger confidence in a faith that so often goes unseen.
Madie JohnsonLast week, Tina's loving niece Madie has commemorated the apparent spiritual encounter with a tattoo of the supernatural scrawl.
Madie, of California, wrote on Instagram: "Her story is too real not to share and has given me a stronger confidence in a faith that so often goes unseen.
"It has given me a tangibleness to an eternal hope that is not too far away.
"I love you [Tina Hines]!
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"The way you boldly love Jesus and others has changed the way I hope to live and love."
Up to one in five patients who suffer a cardiac arrest experience so-called "near death episodes", studies suggest.
Scientists say a burst of brain activity often follows a sudden heart attack, according to a small 2013 University of Michigan study on rats.



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