Gary Busey is looking back on his scary 1988 motorcycle crash.
When asked if he believed he’d seen the other side, the Point Break actor unequivocally confirmed that he had on Howie Mandel‘s podcast.
“Yeah. I’ve been there,” Busey said on Howie Mandel Does Stuff. “And I’ve been after the accident.”
Gary Busey says he saw angels. Matt Baron/Shutterstock
After Mandel prompted him to tell more, Busey described a place where “everything, but nothing” is happening.
“I was shaken by an invisible guide, and only my essence went. That’s your soul,” Busey said. “Your soul is housed in the caliber of your spine.”
He noted that he went to “the spiritual realm of the supernatural, where I was surrounded by angels, which appeared to me as balls of light that were moving, changing color, and breathing. And I felt trust, love, and protection like I’ve never felt on earth before. “
The 80-year-old, who’s starred in movies such as The Buddy Holly Story and Lethal Weapon, said that he had returned to the world, because he was told that he was going in a “good” direction.
Busey recalled being given a choice, “You may come with us now or return to your body and continue your destiny.”
The “most important word I felt over there is the most important word to me on Earth,” he told Mandel, “and that word is truth, t-r-u-t-h. And t-r-u-t-h stands for ‘taking real understanding to heart.'”
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The eccentric actor, who’s told a similar story for years, said he’s not afraid of death.
“D-e-a-t-h stands for ‘don’t expect a tragedy here,'” Busey said. “It’s simply something you do for a birth to go to the other side, the spiritual zone, the spiritual side, where you float in harmony with everything you’ve been, everything you are, and everything that’s coming to you.”
In May 1989, Busey told PEOPLE that he’d experienced something more sinister.
“I was sitting in bed when I looked up and saw the Grim Reaper standing in the corner. He was seven feet tall, with a brown robe,” Busey said. “He pointed at me and said, ‘Relax, it’s not your time to go. You have been given gifts. These gifts are ready to be received by mankind. So get on your feet and improve.’ Then he laughed, spun his scythe and left.”
He said he didn’t know if “was a premonition or an angel in disguise,” but the visit had been “a positive reinforcement to stay on the road to recovery, which I’ve done.”
