I had a bit of a nightmare the other night.

I don’t remember how it started, but I do remember that I was hiking along a steep, mountainous, curvy trail, like a fire road, along the top of a mountain range. When I looked behind me, I noticed that a person in a very fake-looking gorilla suit was following me. He was running up behind me, and I started to be a bit afraid, so I ran.

Every time I my dream’s location changed, the gorilla would appear in the new location. I don’t remember the other locations, but the last thing I do remember is that since he’d been following me and threatening me for such a long time that I decided to turn the tables and find out who was beneath the mask.

The next time he came at me and started attacking me. I grabbed hold of his neck and pushed him away, at the same time I was pulling at his mask to try and get it off. Underneath the mask was an even scarier REAL gorilla, who had his teeth bared and kept trying to bite me. I was terrified, and as I grabbed his head in my hands, his face began to change into that of a very old woman. It seemed to be a spirit of some sort. I said, “Leave me, leave me,” as if to say, “Spirit, leave me alone.” I was so terrified that I woke up and STILL SAW HER THERE, six inches from my face. I said again, barely audibly, “Leave me. Leave me.” After about five seconds, her face gradually disappeared, like that of the Cheshire cat, and her eyes were the last thing to fade.

I was so terrified, there was nothing to do but cry.

I’ve never had a dream like that before, particularly one that carried over into my waking state. If you’ve never had it happen, I don’t recommend it.

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p.s. – I had this dream in January of 2006, but I just now copied it over to this blog so I could complete the “OK, All You Dream Interpreters” series. I thought I’d already posted it, but I hadn’t. So there you go.