a lot of people are going to say, doctor, it was a hallucination. your brain got zapped by this disease, all the wires got crossed and you saw a girl on a butterfly wing and you were spinning up in a melody. >> i know this was not a hallucination, not air dream, not what we call a confabulation and i know it occurred outside my brain. >> reporter: but how? how can he even suggest that much less claim it's proof of heaven as he called his new book. he showed us his brain scan. >> it wasn't leaving any part of my -- of it unaffected. >> reporter: your conclusion is because all of this outer area which is the higher functioning was covered with the infection, what you experienced in the coma wasn't part of the brain? >> right. >> reporter: many neu neuroscientists are deeply skeptical arguing his brain must have produced his vision somehow most likely as he came out of coma but something else happened. after he recovered, eben who was adopted saw a picture of his sister from his biological family who died years ago, a woman he never knew. >> i knew who

he heard voices, hallucinations, delusions. the images at the time or something called -- we know that it is not diagnostic now. it is a risk faster -- factor. you are more likely to develop these types of illnesses. but he was found insane based on this information and sentenced to an insane asylum. he has now been released, starting in 2009, to a thousand -- 2010. he is well treated and managed. they told me i had to go away faster. if you happen to have schizophrenia or you hear voices or hallucinations, it is with 99% certainty that i can show that your brain is different. if you have schizophrenia -- just pretend. what do you see that is different? these areas are much different, much more engaged. you might see there is a lot more blue as well in this map. look at this area. it is very different than that area, much more engaged. if you have a bipolar illness, you are different than if you have schizophrenia. they could have this illness or in this illness, those are the two most common. physicians cannot tell the differe

not a hallucination. it really occurred, and it occurred outside of my brain. >> reporter: many of his colleagues in neuroscience are deeply skeptical, saying his brain must have produced these visions, perhaps as he came out of the coma. but he said it's incompatible. >> our soul, our consciousness, our spirit, doesn't depend on the existence of the brain and body at all. >> reporter: after he came out of his coma before he talked to anyone else, eban alexander wrote down everything that he could remember, 20,000 words. he described in detail that young woman on that butterfly wing, not until he saw the picture of his dead sister, he says, it was her. >> so, are a lot of colleagues contending him, challenging him on the science? >> a lot of his colleagues are challenging him on the science. he invites it. let's have a discussion. >> so much to fascinate us. terry will have a lot more of his reporting tonight on "nightline." thank you, terry. >>> and coming up here -- can you guess which member of your fa

when they got here they found two naked men in their late 20s were appeared to be hallucinating. >> like a nightmare. >> reporter: the police say one of the men pointed a rifle at them so the police shot him, he died shortly after. the police believe one or both of these naked men was under the influence of some sort of controlled substance. they also say that rifle that was pointed at them was loaded. >> reporter: the police stood out of the home guns drawn not knowing if anyone else was lurking about when they searched the property, they did find a sight. >> they found a blood trail leading out to the backyard of the home where three animals were found to have been decapitated. it appears there was a ritualistic act that was taking place. >> reporter: the street was shutdown for most the day and neighbors have their own tales after the police evacuated nearby homes last night. >> i was freaked out. i thought that the fire could spread into our house. >> the gunshots and everything, it does not surprise me. >> reporter: the police are waiting for toxicology reports to determine what dru

not a hallucination.red and i know it occurred outside of my brain. >> reporter: many of his colleagues in neuroscience are deeply skeptical saying his brain must have produced visions perhaps when he awakened. but alexander says that crystal clear experience he had is incompatible with the random confusion of a brain rebooting. he is now on a mission to share his story. >> our soul, our consciousness, our spirit doesn't depend on the existence of the brain and body at all. >> reporter: after he came out of his coma and before he talked to any one else about his near death experience, eben alexander wrote down everything he could remember, 20,000 word, in detail, the young woman on a butterfly wing. and it wasn't until he saw the picture of his long dead sister that he realized it was her. terry moran, abc news, new york. >> interesting. you know, it's like that book "heaven is for real," which is written, the account of a young boy, 4, 5 years old, who went to heaven and saw things that relayed all of th

was really necessary or the intern who's been on-call so many nights in a row, she's actually hallucinatinghi. i'd like 2 tickets to million dollar baby. or your best friends who have found time between shifts to discuss their marital troubles. why can't carla just let this go? wouldn't you be mad if you caught your husband talking to his ex-girlfriend? yeah, but mostly because i had a husband. i'm gonna stay at elliot's for a few more days.

well, the men in their late 20s were both naked and hallucinating. police say they set their house on fire. investigators say the man was shot by an officer after he stuck a rifle in another officer's stomach. the other suspect sunday arrest. three birds were decapitated on the property. >>> the teen driver accused of hitting and killing a father and daughter on bicycles is expected to be sentenced today. the accident happened in april easter weekend in concord. the contra costa county d.a.'s office says 18-year-old david rosen admitted to the charges and has pleaded guilty. rosen facing 7 years behind bars but could be released when he turns 21. >>> 6:35. administrators at piedmont high school just found out what many students have known for years. some of the school's top athletes are take part in a fantasy sex league. in a letter to parents the principal writes, the league was created by varsity athletes to document sex with female students. administrators are taking steps to address the problem with the student body but no students will be discip

he heard voices, hallucinations, delusions. the images at the time or something called -- we know that it is not diagnostic now. it is a risk faster -- factor. you are more likely to develop these types of illnesses. but he was found insane based on this information and sentenced to an insane asylum. e

the men, in their late 20s, were naked and hallucinating. police say they set their home on fire. investigators say the man was shot by an officer after he stuck a rifle in another officer's stomach. investigators also made a gruesome discovery on the property. >> they located a blood trail leading out into the backyard of the home where three animals were found to have been decapitated. it appears as though there was some sort of ritualistic act taking place. >> the other man is now under arrest. >>> administrators at piedmont high school just found out what many students have known for years: some of the school's top athletes are taking part in a fantasy sex league based on fantasy sports, varsity male atmosphere draft unsuspecting female students and earn points based on their sexual activities with those girls. the principal is holding a school assembly today to address the situation. but he says no students will be disciplined since no one was identified by name. >> this is morally not a right thing to do. and it's pretty disgusting. whether it affects your college applicatio

breaking windows in when they got here, they found two naked men in their late 20s who appeared to be hallucinating. >> it is like a nightmare. your next door neighbor turns into a crazy person. >> reporter: when the police confronted one of the men they say he pointed a rifle at them so the police shot him. he died soon after. the other man is now under arrest. >> reporter: the police believe that either one or both of these naked men was under the influence of some controlled substance. they also say that rifle that was pointed at this was loaded. >> reporter: the police stood out of the home, guns drawn, not know figure anyone was lurking about. when they searched the property they found a gruesome site. >> they located three animals decapitated. it appears there was a ritual act that was taking place. >> reporter: the street was shutdown for most of the day and neighbors have their own tales have the police evacuated nearby homes last night. >> i was freaked out. i thought the fire could spread into our house. >> the gunshots and everything, i mean it does not surprise me. >> reporter: police a

they found two naked men in their late 20s who appeared to be hallucinating. >> it's like a nightmare. your next door neighbor turns into a crazy person. >> when police confronted one of men, he pointed a rifle at them so police shot him. he died soon after. the other man is now under arrest. >> police believe that one or both of these naked men was under the influence of some sort of controlled substance. they say the rifle was pointed at them was loaded. >> police stood outside of the home, guns drawn not knowing if anyone else might be lurking about. they found a gruesome site. >> located a blood trail leading into the backyard of the home where three animals were found to be decapitated. some sort of ritual act taking place. >> neighbors have their own tales. >>> i was freaked out. i thought potentially the fire could spread on to our house. >> the gunshots and everything. it doesn't surprise me. >> police are waiting for toxicology reports. the officers involved in the shooting are on administrative leave. cbs 5. >> this is the vallejo police department's 10 officer involved shoo

>> hallucinations. some people can't sleep on t it doesn't work for everybody. is there a large black market for these medications? >> i don't know what large mean. there is certainly a black market. >> so there is trading and mixing and matching that goes on among users, correct? >> sure. >> that then is the kick, is it not? >> is it? what's a kick? if you're taking it because you want to relax on an airplane, is that recreational or medicinal? that's why i think there is a fine line sometimes. >> and in the introduction to your bios, i raised the question of whether or not there are societal forces at work, which are due impacts psychologically so there is a need to develop. what comes to mind immediately is 9/11. >> absolutely. the use of these medications went up across the nation after september 11 and in the months odirectly after september 11, they went up way more in new york city, double the rest of the country in terms of benzodiazepines and sleeping pills an 6 times as much as antidepressants. >> what do you think the role of external circumstances in

his work is described as hallucinating realism. i'm not sure what that is. he wins of course something like eight million krona, about $1.2 million. so the chinese writer is the winner, the nobel prize for literature. let's look at other story lines. reports from yemen say a senior official employed by the u.s. embassy has been shot dead. officials said gunmen on a moator bike fired on him as he was driving to work. a u.s. diplomat said he was coordinating a u.s. and yemen probe on the attack on the embassy last month after protesters were angry at a filmed that mocked muslim. hugo chavez has named his vice president, a former duss driver and union leader, and pp interest is high as mr. chavez spent a year battling cancer. a form erica made yan naval intelligence officer has pleaded guilty for spying for russia. he admitted to selling sensitive intelligence for ameer $3,000 a month. he said he spied for idea logical reasons, not for money. syrian's former ministry has accused turkey of hostile action after a syrian passenger plan from moscow to damascus was

the men in their late 20s were naked and hallucinating. police said they had broken their car windows and set their house on fire. officers say one of the men then pointed a rifle at them. they fired back and the man died. investigators made a gruesome discovery on that property. >> they located a blood trail leading out into the backyard of the home where three animals were found to have been decapitated. it appears as though there was some sort of ritualistic act which took place. >> that other man is now under arrest. >>> time now 4:36. administrators at piedmont high school just found out what many students have known for years. some of the school's top athletes are take part in a fantasy sex league. in a letter to parents, the principal writes, the league was created by varsity athletes to document sex with female students. administrators are taking steps. but at this time no students will be disciplined. >> this is morally not a right thing to do. it's pretty disgusting. whether it affects your college application hey, you know, you

lawyers had argued that green was mentally ill and that his hallucinations made him ineligible for the death penalty. >>> the national zoo says it will announce today the final word on what killed the giant panda cub. the cub was born september 16th and died six days later. its mother, mei xiang, alerted panda keepers to a problem by making a particular distress noise but they can't save the cub. early tests show that the can you be had liver abnormalities and fluid in its and. id in its - - in its abdomen. >>> democrat joe biden and republican paul ryan will be on stage at center college in danville, kentucky for a debate tonight. we will broadcast tonight's debate beginning at 9:00 p.m. then stay tuned for complete coverage and analysis on the news at 10:00 and the news edge at 11:00. at 11:00. . >>> in other headlines, d.c. police are looking for the person who shot and killed a man in broad daylight. he was shot to death yesterday afternoon in the 1100 block of eighth street northeast near gallaudet university. >>> a serial groper in northern virginia is believed to have struck aga

if you happen to have schizophrenia or you hear voices or hallucinations, it is with 99% certainty that i can show that your brain is different. if you have schizophrenia -- just pretend. what do you see that is different? these areas are much different, much more engaged. you might see there is a lot more blue as well in this map. look at this area. it is very different than that area, much more engaged. if you have a bipolar illness, you are different than if you have schizophrenia. they could have this illness or in this illness, those are the two most common. physicians cannot tell the difference, but mri scanners can. the legal system, i can use this instead of psychiatrists to support or are not my client has a mental illness. they would be able to inform and make decisions about how these things should be used in the legal system. what about this guy? anthony hopkins. what does his brain look like? if your behavior is completely different, your brain is going to be different. women, you know that men have different behavior. mris are capable of telling you how this gender differe

. >> some people suggest it was just an hallucination.not a dream. it was far too real. the memory is as crisp today as if it happened yesterday. the bhowhole part of my brain t would have made it a dream or hallucination was completelien inactive. >> from the minute you went up they said you were going back. >> i never had a choice. they are going to teach you many things. they did. i go into some of that in the book. you will be going back. >> talk about a life changing event. fascinating story. talk about this new book proof of heaven. dr. evan alexander thank you so much. >> good to meet you. >> you can stick around. you are not going anywhere right now. >> next on the rundown tracking her every move where is hurricane sandy headed? will she turn into the perfect storm? we will turn to our own janice dean coming up next. >> hopefully sandy won't rain on your halloween parade. we have the most adorable costumes for your pint sized trick or treater. good morning, son. >> a major storm called hurricane sandy is set to hit new york next w

if you give a young man sleeping pills under tremendous stress he has nightmares, hallucinations, and how difficult it is to come back from a war situation where you are working 24/7, you don't sleep well, you keep hearing the ieds and the efp's or the rpg's and rocket-propelled grenades. all the time and he keeps seeing dead bodies. you are walking over dead are the same carrying parts of your buddies bodies, and then you come back and people say, jay i lost my keys. i'm so stressed, i can't find my keys. and you feel like an alien. nobody knows what you have been through, nobody cares. it is a volunteer army. had we had addressed we would be out of afghanistan. >> host: because? guest: because the country would be concerned and involved, and it's not. while 99% go shopping and tv and. >> host: you talk about the story of jeff and his parents kevin and joyce in western massachusetts. i remember meeting them, two democratic conventions ago in boston. that is when they first, right around the time that they first brought their son because he didn't commit suicide on the battlefield of

a hallucination.a dream. not what we call a confabulation. i know that it really occurred. and i know it occurred outside of my brain. >> reporter: as a neurosurgeon and a skeptic about god before his coma, alexander says there is no scientific explanation for what he experienced, given how sick his brain was. how near-death. other scientists dismiss his claims. but there's this. after he recovered, he was sent a picture of a long-dead sister he had never met or seen. it was her, the girl he believes he saw on the butterfly wing in heaven. >> it was the most profound experience i've ever had in this life. >> reporter: for "good morning america," terry moran, abc news, lynchburg. >> wow. that makes you think. lara? >> it does, george. thank you so much. >>> this will make you smile. "deals and steals" now. it's the oprah edition, everybody. we're so thrilled to have oprah here, picking out every, single item. of course, tory johnson has managed to land the incredible deals. we thank you, tory, as alway

. >> reporter: a lot of people are going to say, doctor, it was a hallucination. >> i know this was not an huloseination. i know it really occurred and it occurred outside of my brain. >> reporter: many of his colleagues are saying his brain must have produced those visions, perhaps as he ax wakened. but he says the crystal-clear vision is not a brain rebooting. >> our soul, our consciousness, our spirit doesn't depend on the existence of the brain and body at all. >> reporter: terry moran, abc news, lynchburg, virginia. >> coming up next, the halloween house that is not frightful at all. instead, it's really in style. plus, the act that gives -- app that gives new meaning to the that gives new meaning to the phrase, le[ laughter ] [ girl ] wow. you guys have it easy. i wish i had u-verse when i was your age. in my day, we didn't have these fancy wireless receivers. blah, blah, blah. if i had a sleepover, i couldn't just move the tv into the playroom. no, we had to watch movies in the den because that's where the tv outlet was. and if dad was snoring on the couch, we muscled through it.

do you give a young man sleeping pills who is under tremendous stress, has nightmares, hallucinations? and how difficult it is to come back from a war situation where you're working 24/7, you don't sleep well, you keep hearing the ieds and the efps, explosively-formed projectiles or the rpgs and -- rocket-propelled grenades. all the time. and you keep seeing dead bodies, you're walking over dead bodies, you're carrying parts of your buddies' bodies. and then you come back and people say, gee, i lost my keys, i'm so stressed, i can't find my keys. and there's this -- you feel like an alien. nobody knows what you've been through, nobody cares. it is a volunteer army. and had we had a draft, we would be out of afghanistan -- >> host: because -- >> guest: because the country would be concerned and involved, and it's not. 1% while 99% go shopping and watch tv. >> host: you talk about the story of jeff lucy and his parents, kevin and joyce, in western massachusetts. i remember meeting them, um, oh, it was two democratic conventions ago in boston. that's when they first -- right around the t

killing it requires at least three months of a treatment that can cause hallucinations and no good wayhen it's safe to stop the treatment. jonathan serrie is live and facility linked to the drugs seems to have a history of problems. >> reporter: we're learning that back in 2004, massachusetts regulators had proposed a formal reprimand against a new england compounding center for failing to meet standards in processing the chemical the same medication that is now implicated in this current outbreak. but the reprimand never came about because the company said it could be fatal to business. eight years later, people are dying and earlier this week the governor promised a much more rigorous regulatory climate. >> this administration we are going to take very different tact because we have seen from what has happened with this meningitis outbreak, how grave those consequences can be. >> reporter: case numbers continue to increase on a daily basis. >> shep: we normally see fungal meningitis with compromised immune systems but many of these victims were as healthy as could be. >> reporter: th

woe never challenge their hallucinations.ys listen to them and then we try to make appropriate referrals. so if we feel like they need to see psychiatry, we'll make sure that happens. they need to be medicated? we'll encourage them to consider medication and, if possible, have them see psychiatry and prescribed. >> narrator: in order to keep corey's behavior under control, he is prescribed med kax by the ja jail's medical staff. >> i have to get medication right now. this is going to keep me nice, you know what i'm saying? >> right now, i'm on five psych pills. this morning, i took three. tonight, i'll take six, you whoa what i'm saying? >> this is your trilipta. >> narrator: corey represents the type of inmate that provides a daunting challenge for prisons nationwide. they show certain symptoms of mental illness but are incarcerated by the courts rather than hospitalized. >> mr. allen is in the general population yunt. should someone be deemed incompetent, you wouldn't be housed in a house of skrex. they would be at bridge d

confess i've lost control i let my guard down i let my truth out ♪ ♪ ♪ the final celebration a bad hallucinationl is singing we love to watch him killing and suffer through a never ending day ♪ ♪ suffer through a never ending day ♪ ♪ i can feel i've lost control i let my guard down i let the truth out ♪ ♪ oh i can feel i've lost control i let my guard down ♪ ♪ and i let my truth out ♪ i was trapped like an animal in my skin i was punished like an animal for my sins ♪ ♪ i was blind i was caged and i was tricked and i was suffocating i was suffocating ♪ ♪ i can feel i've lost control control control ♪ ♪ i can feel i've lost control control ♪ i can feel i've lost control ♪ ♪ oh i can feel feel my hunger feel my hunger ♪ ♪ i can feel i've lost control ♪ live loi've lost control ♪ ♪ i was suffocating ♪ i was suffocating >> jimmy: i want to thank amy poehler, alan arkin. apologies to matt damon, we ran out of time. tomorrow night, zac efron, jack black & kyle gass and music from tenacious d. their this is their new cd, it's called "not your kind of people." playing us off the air with "blood for poppi

they were both naked and appeared to be hallucinating. police say they had set their house on fire. investigators say the man was shot by an officer after he stuck an rifle in another officer's stomach. that suspect died. the other suspect is now under arrest. >>> administrators at piedmont high school just found out what many students have known for years. some of the school's top athletes are taking part in a fantasy sex league. in a letter to parents the principal writes, the league was created by varsity athletes to document sex with female students. administerrers are taking steps to address the problem with the student body but no students will be disciplined since no one was identified by name. >> is immoral. it's not right. it's disgusting. whether it affects your college application, you know, hey, you know, you were all part of this you asked for it i guess. >> the principal says the school will have an assembly to talk about why the fantasy league is wrong followed up by structured discussions in class. sports teams are expected to have talks about integrity and sportsman