Do traumatic experiences such as comas, NDE’s, being struck by lightning, give some people ESP?

[raccoon]

“On Sept. 17, 1975, Dannion Brinkley was struck by lightning as he talked on the phone in his home in Aiken. He was declared dead, but nearly a half hour later revived and described a near-death experience. He says he developed ESP and other psychic abilities, and gave investigators very specific information that helped solve the 1993 murders of a Montana couple.”

http://www.wyff4.com/news/south-carolinas-unsolved-mysteries/26465592#ixzz3HdGUB4KC

"Peter Hurkos (born Pieter van der Hurk on 21 May 1911 in Dordrecht, the Netherlands; died 1 June 1988 in Los Angeles, California) was a Dutchman who allegedly manifested extrasensory perception (ESP) after recovering from a head injury and coma caused by a fall from a ladder when aged 30."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Hurkos#cite_note-CrimeLibrary-1

And, if it does, I wonder what is the explanation of that?

[HERVEPA]

1. No. Hogwash.

[arcane1]

2. I'm going to go with "no" n/t

[Xyzse]

3. Doubt it... But I am more than willing to be proven wrong.

[eShirl]

4. head trauma is certainly capable of altering how someone's brain functions

(I personally don't believe in supernatural psychic abilities)

[orleans]

5. i'm going to go with "perhaps."

i know five people who had some type of trauma or injury to the back of their head when they were children and 4 of the 5 had later seen the spirit or ghost of someone; one of the spirits was of a pet, and one was a spirit the girl didn't know.

the 5th person (along with one of the others) seemed to develop more of a sense of e.s.p. than most people have.

i also know of three others who have seen someone who has passed on but i don't know if they had any head trauma. (one of these people would see spirits not only in their apartment but out and about in public/crowded places--all were people that the "seer" didn't know.)