I am standing alone on a bleak, empty plain. The sky above me is ominous, full of gray,
boiling clouds. I turn in a circle, looking and listening for anyone, anything on the
flat, grassy expanse. In the distance, I spy an old, two-story farmhouse, neglected
and seemingly empty. As I squint at it, I become aware of howling in the distance.
I turn around to see a ravenous pack of wolves streaming towards me. I am instantly
terrified and sprint towards the safety of the house. As I run, I can feel the wolves
getting closer, hear the thudding of their paws against the ground and their
snarls as they gain on me. The closer I get to the house, the slower my legs are
moving, as if I am trying to run underwater, and the farmhouse seems miles away.
The wolves are now so close that I can hear their panting and their hungry whines.
My heart is pounding in my chest as I hit the porch at last, only to find the front door
locked. Desperate, I flee around to the side and find the entrance to a root cellar.
I yank the door open and fall down the short flight of steps to the cellar floor,
scrambling back up just in time to slam the door shut as the wolves reach it. Their claws
are tearing frantically against the wood, trying to rip the door open and get to me.
My knees give way and I fall to the floor,exhausted. Still hearing the frustrated
growls of the wolves, I scoot to the far side of the cellar and slump against the
wall, wondering if the door will hold. As I catch my breath, I notice that there is
no door leading up to the inside of the house, no sounds of occupants above.
I am trapped in the cellar with the wolves still gathered outside. Then, I wake up.
I had this dream repeatedly throughout my childhood. Has anyone else ever had
a recurring nightmare? Feel up to sharing?
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Had dreams like this about aliens a few times scary stuff. Just a little info about wolves, they are actually very timid animals and there has never been a documented wolf attack in the US. Hope that helps with the nightmares!
The strange thing is, I’m really not afraid of wolves. I love big dogs, grew up in the country and am used to wild animals roaming around near my home. I don’t know why I had this particular dream throughout my childhood. I’ve had alien nightmares, too. You’re right- they’re scary!
Nightmares are strange at times… Really..
I had this one, with me being in a huge castle, wanting to find a way out, and when I finally did, the castle started burning, and I will never forget the image of this dream, it looked beautiful, but scary all at the same time. I think dreams are meant to tell us something, maybe something we have surpressed. Who knows really?
But I never really found out why I dreamt that one dream, and I had it for years..
That’s a cool dream! The fire would be scary, but what an awesome setting! Maybe you were a princess in a former life. I have a feeling I may have been an unfortunate settler…
I have recurring dreams featuring a guy I call the Man in Black. (I’ve dreamt him often enough, he gets capitalization.) Most of the time, it goes like this: I’ve inherited a huge old house and all its contents. While my family and the lawyer are in the foyer arguing, I go exploring. There are all kinds of secret passages and hidden rooms, and somewhere on the top floor, I become aware a man is following me. He is in all black, and a hood covers his face, but I am sure I don’t know him. He makes me uncomfortable, so I head to a stairwell. He follows me down and down, getting closer and closer, until I break into a run. In the basement, I duck into an alcove and he whooshes by. Then I wake up.
But sometimes he pops up in other dreams, too, and sometimes I dream about the house I know he’s there, but he’s somewhere else and not threatening.
Also, sometimes I dream entirely in green, and I hear that’s not normal.
Seriously, who (worth knowing) wants to be NORMAL? BTW, did Bob ever find a home?
Bob’s status on Petfinders is still “adoptable.” Honestly, I really hope he finds a home for Christmas.
Awesome post. Pretty damn terrifying nightmare. One I have repeatedly is me in some old Rust Belt city, running down blind alleys and through deserted warehouses from an unknown but very real pursuer. There’s never anyone else; just me and the hunter(s). It’s as if time has frozen and all that matters is me surviving. I’ve also had that one since childhood.
That is CREEPY. Kind of like a post-apocalyptic world… (Have you seen half of Detroit lately?)
That’s an incredibly vivid dream (and your recall of it). Ever hear of lucid dreams?
I have heard of lucid dreams, but I always thought they were dreams in which you could direct what happens next. I never seemed to be in control of this dream, it just happened over and over again, with me waking up scared to death.
I had one last night that I hope never repeats. I got a vasectomy. Then my wife flat out kicked me in the balls and told me not to be such a baby. It was horrible. I did have a recurring one of being chased when I was younger. It was always a mutant or just generic villain chasing me. I could leap over lakes to try and get away but they would always swim just as fast
Wow. I guess you’d better not anger the wifey!
My recurring nightmare from childhood was of a white wall that went into infinity in all directions. The wall was always just two or three inches from my face. That was it. Doesn’t sound like much, but it was terrifying.
I used to have a dream quite often when I was very young (like up to age 5 or 6, maybe?). No idea what the wider context was, or if it was always the same, but the culminating scene was always the same, and I can see it as clearly as any other image in my head. It’s an enclosed pen, perhaps on a farm, and there’s a litter of puppies in it. They’re playing and chasing each other, but one little guy seems to be getting bullied. He’s smaller than the others, the obvious runt, and apparently quite unpopular. The others chase him, nipping at his heels, and one snapping mouth finally gets his back leg…and pulls the bone right out of his leg! The skin of his leg just hangs there as he limps around on three legs. In the dream I am, of course, a little girl standing outside the enclosure watching this, and I’m horrified. I think sometimes I dreamt of hiding with this poor puppy in a doghouse, and I was afraid of the mean puppies, too.
I can’t imagine what it all means, but i’d guess the theme is compassion. Feel free to analyze!!
How sad! Poor puppy. Time to put on some steel-toed boots and kick the mean ones away from him! Not very compassionate of me, but, unfortunately, some people/mean puppies only respect what they fear.
Maybe you were just beginning to notice this as a five or 6 year old.
What a dream! I also have very vivid dreams. Recently I had a sort of “dream” when I was sick with the flu. I have searched for a meaning but so far have found nothing on it…so I would love to hear if anyone has any ideas about this one!
I was really ill so my husband ran a bath for me. As I was in the bath (I’m pretty sure I was awake, so I don’t know if this counts as a dream or not…) I heard the flutter of wings. I opened my eyes and saw a huge black bird flying above it. It was the scariest thing I have ever seen! When it saw me looking at it, the bird flew around the corner. It was a large black bird but it seemed kind of fluid and elusive. After that I was terrified to go back to sleep because I was afraid the bird was going to come back and get me. I saw it once more when I was sick. The really weird thing is about a week or so later my mom came down with strep throat and a bad fever. She told me she heard the same “feather flutter” sound and she knew it was the black bird. The only thing different was that the bird didn’t scare her like it frightened me.
Have you ever heard of a black bird in dreams? I would love to know if this has any kind of meaning.
Thanks for sharing your dream with us!
I think that your dream would scare me, too! Especially since you were in the bathtub and more vulnerable. Dreaming of a raven-like bird can mean several things. I found a link for you here: http://www.whats-your-sign.com/raven-symbolism.html Thanks for stopping by!