A flair of energy in the brain in a dying patient who had “no blood pressure” or “heart rate” could be evidence of the “soul leaving the body” after death, according to an expert.

A sudden burst of energy that surges through our brains as we die could be evidence of the ‘soul leaving the body’, a professor has claimed. Researchers have long documented patients experiencing lucid, lifelike hallucinations after clinical death , when the heart stops pumping but the brain flickers with electrical activity.

A study capturing brain activity in dying patients has revealed a sudden burst of energy moments after death. The phenomenon, recorded via electroencephalogram (EEG, lasted between 30 seconds and 20 minutes after the heart stopped,