I don't think it was really a near death experience, but whatever. One day when I was 11 or so, I was hanging out at a pound with a few friends, and these 15-16 year old idiots came and started being douchebags to us. I call the one Gay and suddenly they all rage and start beating the stuff out of me. I don't really remember anything after that, because I think I blacked out. My mom signed me up for Tae-Kwon-Doe for self defense in case it happened again, and now I'm a second degree black belt.