what are your thoughts ... do you think as a person gets closer to their death the veil between this realm and the other side begins to thin? i do. my grandfather has been seeing people who have passed since summer and he doesn't believe in that kind of stuff. he's now in the hospital with chf and there isn't much that can be done. when he went into the hospital he told us he had a dream he was dying and then started counting but he couldn't get past the number18.