> I have had that experience, and now am trying to find out if this > experience is just a trick of the brain.
What experience of a similar nature have you ever had that is not a trick of the brain? If your experience produced a gaping wound in your thigh, I might be willing to posit some extra-cerebral origin....
If your experience produced a gaping wound in your thigh, I might be willing to posit some extra-cerebral origin....