The one thing about your story that makes me think it wasn't real is that you reached for the "creature". If you were actually awake, why in the
world would you reach out to touch a strange figure standing in your room? In dreams, people do things that they don't want to do at all, things
that frighten or put them in danger. I think that applies to your experience, so it was probably just a dream, even if you could swear it was
real.
[Edited on 2/28/04 by LostProphet]


