I've heard of ethereal hands appearing, sort of wispy apparitions, but for a fully formed individual who is able to drive a vehicle......I also have reservations but Don was convinced of the authenticity of the person who relayed the story to him.

Unfortunately Leonard, who was the only eye witness to this event, had died by the time Don heard of the story.  And this seems to be a common thread re. stories of this kind....there never seems to be an independent objective eyewitness who can vouch for the story.

As I recall, it was one of Leonard's relatives who told the story as he/she heard it from Leonard. 

Are there alternate explanations for this fantastic ADC?  Yes, I'm sure there are and hopefully Don can present some of the possibilities.

R

Kubler-Ross told the story of being visited by a former patient who was by the time of the visit , deceased. They rode the elevator together up to K-R's office. I believe the story is in one of her books, but I heard her tell it in person. She was highly charismatic and the story was spell-binding. Not as impressive as driving a truck, but I do wonder how many such stories there are out there.

MAtthew, I agree that some perception issues may be involved but I have trouble defining what a baseline of perception should be. Does it occur in that interface where physical and spiritual meet? Then there is no such thing as objective perception. and I've heard that even witnesses to crimes can have trouble agreeing on what happened. And face recognition of strangers can be poor.

Science gets around this by demanding repeatability.

R,
(1) Leonard's deceased son, Jeff, emerged from the ditch by his home and asked to drive Leonard around in his old truck "for old time's sake.". Jeff described his finanicial investments so his Dad would have an easier time settling his estate. Jeff then reassured Leonard that the family was all together (his wife Karen and 2 children) and that they were all OK).  This conversation happened, while Jeff was driving down Cty. Rte. 37 towards Rochester, NY.  At some point, Jeff turned right down a less traveled road, drove 2 more miles, and then stopped the truck, saying, "I'm sorry, Dad; I'm not permitted to go any further."  Jeff then got out of the truck, walked towards a clump of bush, and dematerialized. 

Who was giving permission and setting limits for this astounding ADC?  Jeff never explained.  But clearly the intervention of this "guide" made this drama happen; so Jeff could not simply exercise super-human creativity to drive the truck; nor coiuld his wife Karen the next day ,when she accosted a weeping Leonastting on a log rd in the woods by his home, made a branch crack to alert him to her presence, and said, "Why are you still grieving?  Didn't we tell you we're all OK?  You get back in the house with Mom and comfort her!"  It seems that only a few have such a gifted guide and therefore cannot manifest in this spectacular way.  Like attracts like in the afterlife.  Did Jeff attract this guide due to his own faith,  Leonard's faith, or both?  I don't know

Let me add this parallel: For the benefit of her Mom uncle, and aunt, Tami H. somehow imprinted her name and a smiley face on the dollar bill in the mini-mart.  Similarly, the deceased sprit driver gave Telly Savalas a dollar to pay for enough gas to drive his car home.  .

Don

For me, Tami's regular appearances in dreams to converse with her Mom establish what should be the goal for the dying to comfort and reassure their families.  Just prior to the Christmas dollar miracle, she appeared from the waist up and lamented, "I'm sorry, Mom; it's becoming increasingly harder for me to manifest to you as I progress over here.  This must be my last visit."  Then Tami somehow imprints her name with a smily face on the dollar in Minimart change fo Rick to bring back to her Mom as a spectacular final goodbye.  This--and cases like Leonard's visit from his dead truck driving son and the next day from his son's wife--are powerful attestations to what is possible. 

To me, all the speculation on the other thread as to why such powerful verifcations are so rare rings hollow--except for the ES-Robert Bruce discovery of memories becoming dormant for most at a certain phase of the postmortem adjustment phase.  The fact that Leonard's son and his family, like Tami, died prematurely strikes me as a decisive factor that may delay the dormancy process as the deceased linger longer (get temporally stuck near the earth plane?)  as a result of the surprising trauma of premature death. 


Don