OBE's really do happen, but the "what", "why", and "how" are up for grabs.Charlottesville, in some rcent poll or other, was decided to be the best small town to live in the United States. Maybe this was a contributing factor:-)

From Wikipedia:

An out-of-body experience (OBE...) is an experience that typically involves a sensation of floating outside one's body and, in some cases, perceiving one's physical body from a place outside one's body.
OBEs can be induced by brain traumas, sensory deprivation, near-death experiences, dissociative and psychedelic drugs, dehydration, sleep, and electrical stimulation of certain parts the brain, among others
One in ten people has an out-of-body experience once, or more commonly, several times in his or her life.