Smile4life: On that topic, I know one Xian who told me she had a vision of Yoshka and said she probably saw him because that’s the religion she was raised in. So even believers will admit they’re not really sure who it was they saw.
People see all kinds of things, and it’s hard to know what’s real. Interestingly, in one Israeli NDE (there’s a video online about it), the Ben Ish Chai featured prominently as the man’s advocate in the heavenly court. The man (who seemed to be Ashkenazi) now has a picture of the Ben Ish Chai on his wall.