Freaking nightmares.

For about 10 years off and on I had the same nightmare. I would see a black shadowy figure coming down from the ceiling towards me. I would usually wake myself up sort of howling with fright. A couple of times my wife woke up hearing me howl and nudged me to wake up. It was some scary ****. I'm 55 years old now and the last one was probably 5 years ago.

Never could figure out a reason. I've had a pretty good life (thank God) so no tragic stuff. There was a house we bought when I was stationed in Connecticut. One night I heard two noises coming from the basement which was directly under the master bedroom. First I heard what sounded like a barbell weight hitting the floor then wobbling round and round faster and faster until it laid flat, then the same night, it sounded like something ran into a box of cans. But we didn't have a weight bench or a box of cans. I took my dog and my 9 mm down but nothing was out of place. I think the recurring nightmares started before that. Glad they stopped.

The mind is a powerful thing. And AJ, I totally understand where you're coming from. I'm a believer.