How do you explain out-of-body experiences? Exactly very little to no controversy in the neurologic circles of out-of-body experiences If you wonder (...) remarkable things, that they're actually very common One in 20 people are gonna have an out-of-body experience... ♪ But, why are they so common? Well, first of, they happen commonly during syncope There's the whole fainting, a harmless fainting About 15 percent of people who faint will have an out-of-body experience