Scientists have claimed to have discovered extraordinary evidence suggesting that the ‘soul’ may leave the body when we die.

A recent study examined brain activity in clinically dead patients, with Dr. Stuart Hameroff, an anesthesiologist and professor at the University of Arizona, providing his insights on the findings.

For the study, researchers placed small sensors on the brains of seven critically ill patients who had only minutes left to live.

These advanced devices monitored each patient’s blood pressure and heart activity until both eventually dropped to zero, marking the moment of death.

As part of the results, an electroencephalogram (EEG) revealed a mysterious surge of energy occurring after death.

Hameroff told Project Unity: “They saw everything go away and then [psh] you got this activity when there was no blood pressure, no heart rate.

“So that could be the near-death experience, or it could be the soul leaving the body, perhaps.”

The professor suggests that this phenomenon might represent consciousness departing from the body, claiming that consciousness is ‘the last thing to go’ in the dying process.