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I had attempted to WILD, but rather fell asleep. The earliest I remember with any clarity was of walking down a road, and seeing a man on a horse (among others with carts and horses) outside of town. As the man passed behind someone else his horse disappeared, as I expected it would. The man -a gaunt, ill-shaved fellow in his thirties with long, stringy, black hair who wore a long coat, carried a stack of manuscripts, and kept a key on his person- walked along what became a dark hallway lined with damask wallpaper. He stopped at a black painted wooden door, and brought out the aforementioned key. At this moment he saw me watching him, and attempted to walk away. I stopped him and expressed that I wanted to see the contents of that room. He looked at me -worried yet sly- and asked me "Do you really want to see what's in that room?" I remained standing there with him understanding that I desired entry. At this point he approached a door and opened it for me. I began to walk in, but saw that it was not the same room, and that he was merely trying to trap me. I resisted, and made my way again into the hall. He seemed satisfied that he was winning, and I woke up. I was a little angered at having been befuddled by this shady character, and immediately went back to sleep (a task requiring the whole of twelve seconds). This time I was fully lucid, and keenly aware of my surroundings. I awoke (or rather asleeped?) into a dark room. I felt myself becoming frightened (a thing that only happens when my body temperature rises too high). I was having a nightmare. I attempted to get into a more lighted area by approaching a small row of dim lights, and closing my eyes right in front of them (causing a red glow through my eyelids). This did not work; when I opened my eyes, the room was still as black. Very nearly after this, I managed to "wake up", but upon doing a hand check, I saw six fingers on my right hand (I did not count but rather saw two groups of three). I saw my father who told me that I had been dreaming. Knowing this, I asked him to make sure that the blankets be removed from my waking body, that I may cool. He said it was done. I then saw my mother, and showed her my hands. I then counted my fingers. At first I again saw six fingers. But upon counting them, I counted seventeen fingers on my right hand alone. My fingers became a sort of green, black, and purple seaweed, still functional but very strange. At this point I awoke, but experienced a haze and sleep paralysis. I attempted to fight it off, but to no avail. So I submitted to returning to the dream, but then breathed more heavily and truly awoke (at least I passed the hand check and wrote this article).

I dreamt that I was at an airport. We (myself and a pilot/professor and some other unidentified charecters) were outside and rushing through a parking lot to get to our flight. We were pushing this tall scissor lift contraption with our luggage on top (about 12 feet or so above the ground). One suitcase kept falling off. As we were about to walk through an outdoor gate/security checkpoint, I reached for my passport to be able to walk through the gate, and was suddenly awakened by my alarm clock.

So, I tried to WILD last night. I kept getting distracted by wondering thoughts and ended up falling asleep. But I still managed to have a brief lucid dream. I found myself in a dimly lit room lined with rich mahogany colored wood. I looked down at my hands to make sure I was dreaming, and saw what seemed like six fingers (a usual sign). I have never before counted my fingers, but only noticed that there were too many. So this time I decided to count, and as I counted I grew more fingers. The final count was ten, and I opened my waking eyes and dreamed no more.

Just read how to WILD before going to bed at 1:00. Set alarm for 6:00 to WILD, but just fell back asleep. Woke up at 9:20, decided to give it a go . . .

Relaxed and watched the blackness, felt/heard a buzzing. When the buzzing stopped, I opened my eyes. I took a quick glance at my hands, six fingers a piece per usual (in this world anyways); I knew I was dreaming. I got out of my loft bed and went down some stairs to the ground level, where I saw a mirror on the wall. I tried to crawl through the mirror, but without success. So I walked outside. I was in my Ohio neighborhood. I decided that I wanted to head to a warm coastal location (which in my dream land is usually located to the South. As I leisurely ran south, I found myself downtown and where there were quite a few tanks (too many video games). I jumped onto one, ran around another and decided to run east as there only seemed to be more battle in the south. Next, I found myself driving a sports car on a highway, and then into a suburban area. I got out and began walking again, saw a few people, and woke up.

It was lots of fun, and I look forward to trying it again tonight! This is the first time I ever had a WILD, and the 5 step plan helped a lot!