Sam Ovett
The New Manager Bus
I fell asleep on the sofa downstairs one summer night about two years ago. I woke from a pretty generic dream and I was on the sofa with the same scene as I had seen before falling asleep, except that there was a dark figure in the door. I was petrified, but couldn't move even as this thing came towards me. It remained shadowed but for these sharp, white eyes with red pupils. As it reached the sofa, it started lowering itself until its mouth was next to my paralysed head and whispered one word in the most blood-curdling voice I've ever heard: "Soon"
With that I woke up sweating quite profusely in the same position sans the figure. That is the only time I've had sleep paralysis and it's not something I'll forget for as long as I live!
Apart from that I've had two dreams in the past two months that have caused me to wake screaming, without having this occur before. The first involved a 'dream within a dream' where there were these two twin girls that resembled the girl from 'The Ring' funnily enough causing me to wake screaming in my 'dream' where I was surrounded by a white sheet as if I was in a four-poster bed and I started hearing these noises and shadows from behind...ultimately causing me to wake screaming - the first time ever and I was in a tent with two of my uni friends
Second time I was about to shut an ajar door when a force smashed it off the hinges and a dark figure was visible. Both times they were as vivid as the sleep-paralysis dream. Thing is they terrify me but I also enjoyed the feeling of fear when I woke up as I regained calm and there was a huge sense of relief!
With that I woke up sweating quite profusely in the same position sans the figure. That is the only time I've had sleep paralysis and it's not something I'll forget for as long as I live!
Apart from that I've had two dreams in the past two months that have caused me to wake screaming, without having this occur before. The first involved a 'dream within a dream' where there were these two twin girls that resembled the girl from 'The Ring' funnily enough causing me to wake screaming in my 'dream' where I was surrounded by a white sheet as if I was in a four-poster bed and I started hearing these noises and shadows from behind...ultimately causing me to wake screaming - the first time ever and I was in a tent with two of my uni friends
Second time I was about to shut an ajar door when a force smashed it off the hinges and a dark figure was visible. Both times they were as vivid as the sleep-paralysis dream. Thing is they terrify me but I also enjoyed the feeling of fear when I woke up as I regained calm and there was a huge sense of relief!