Thread: Lucid dream slash encounter with dream world?

Hello guys,

Since this is my first post, I've decided to say a bit about myself. My name is Anthony, I'm just a pretty normal person I suppose, and had my share of good dreams, bad dreams, and strange dreams... I am 18 years old and learned about Lucid dreaming in school. It sounded like one of the greatest things on this earth. You're capable of doing whatever you want?! It sounds awesome. I then started researching a bit online and realized it's a lot harder then I thought. I found out it takes a long time to "master" and there are many techniques. I would love to learn to Lucid Dream, and maybe I'll start some day soon. As for now, I googeled a forum to tell a bit about a dream I had. Because I use to have quite a few dreams, and then i stopped having or remembering dreams for a while. Untill.. This most recent dream I had, which was like nothing I've ever experienced before.

I don't know what you're capable of doing in a dream. As a matter of fact, I don't know much about them; after this recent dream, i am starting to think, the amount of things that are possible... Are countless.

I will try and give as much details as possible to give you the best idea..
Like every other night, I lay in bed and fall asleep (eventually, it always takes me about an hour or two). And so we begin.. I am in this hallway... It's a very dark and long hallway. The ceiling wasn't too high, maybe 8 feet, and 6 feet wide. I cannot see the beginning, nor the end. The floor and walls are solid, however the environment was "swampy or gloomy". I wasn't scared, but rather confused. Wondering where I was, I continued down the hall. I could not figure out where I was. And all of a sudden, I hear a strange noise. A very loud noise, a turn around to look down the hall and I see a creature. This creature looked like The Hulk. But in dog form. Crouched over on all 4 legs. Taking up all of the hallway. This creature was green, and the muscles were very easily seen. He was jacked. He started chasing me. Sprinting on 4 legs really quickly. I started running as fast as I could down the hallway. I'm running for about 10 seconds when I hear a loud crashing sound. Like a metal fence. I turn around and see a fence came through the ceiling, and into the floor. Acting as a block in the hall. The creature was halted in his tracks behind this fence. He was shaking it and screaming. The fence was bending. I walked over and started taunting him. I felt pretty safe. Until the cage broke down and he leaped for me. I immediately opened my eyes and awoke in bed.

I was very tired and just rolled over and closed my eyes once more. Almost instantly I was back in the same dream! Now I know I am dreaming.. So as the creature runs towards me, just before he reaches me I open my eyes again. Again, I awake... So excited at what I have just done, I try and close my eyes and fall asleep again. It was a little harder this time but I was able to do it. I'm back in the same dream and dodge the beast once more! Awake, and manage to fall asleep again. Yes.. I am back in the hallway. But this time, the beast is no where to be seen. I know I am in a dream and I don't feel as "deep" as I did before. I feel like I could awake any minute. So I decided to explore this dream world, I walked around for a bit, but there was nothing special to look at.. So I looked around for something to mark myself with. Just to see if I could bring something into the real world. There was nothing!

Eventually I touched the wall, it became "liquidy" and I was able to put my arm through the wall, I said to myself, what do I want to pull out of this wall? I decided on a orange marker, pulled my hand back and I was holding an orange marker. I took the cap off the marker and opened my left hand. I made a strait line on my hand from the top left of my hand just under my index finger to the bottom right of my palm. I looked around once more, dropped the marker, and opened my eyes.

I was awake, in my bed, and sat up. I pulled the sheets off of me and lifted my left arm. Turned my hand over and opened my fist. Sure enough.. There was an orange line on my hand, from the top left to the bottom right. My mind was officially, blown. I ran around screaming for my parents, to tell them the news; they weren't home. I tried washing the line off my hand, and part of it wouldn't go away. I had that line for about 2 days after that.

Now, I am thinking of 2 variables that could explain this experience... 1, At some point before that night, I marked my hand by accident, but didn't think anything of it, and was only aware of this, subconsciously. And the dream "accounted for it" or whatever..
Or 2, I made some strange encounter with dream world!

I am glad I found this forum, I hope to read some insight, thoughts, or similar experiences. And begin learning how to dream more and begin "Lucid Dreaming" on demand.

-- I didn't read any stickies, I hope I am posting in the right place and not braking any rules.. Please be kind

Thank You,
Anthony