The link was dead, but I watched the interview on YouTube. Ian’s description of his out of body experience after being stung by jellyfish was very interesting. However, it left me highly suspicious on many accounts. He explains that he was conscious immediately after his heart monitor flat-lined. But what is intriguing about such a claim is that if there is immediate consciousness after death, then why are there relatively few stories of out of body experiences compared to how many people go into cardiac arrest and then are resuscitated each year. If the soul is truly immortal and you are aware of what is going on whether in your body or out of your body, then everyone whose heart stopped beating would have an out of body experience.
Also, I find Ian’s Scriptural correlation of his “experience” to be completely unconvincing and unsupported in the Bible. The places that he said he went and the things he said and how it happened, I find no reason to conclude that they reflect reality and the truth revealed in Scripture. No to be skeptical, but it would not surprise me if someday Ian’s story is shown to be just a fabrication of his imagination (whether intentional or unintentional) just like Alex Malarkey and the “Heaven is For Real” publicity scam.