I had a terrifying dream years and years ago that still gives me the shudders. I wrote it up at some point, so I'll just cut and paste the writeup below.

I am very rarely if ever scared in real life, but this was absolutely terrifying... definitely the most I've ever been scared during a dream.

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One afternoon, I was at home and relaxing in my bed. I was exhausted and wanted to take a nap, but for some reason I couldn't fall asleep. I was just lying there counting sheep, and waiting for sleep to come.

But the sleep wasn't coming, so I lay on the bed miserable and awake. At least I thought I was awake... but unbeknownst to me, I had actually fallen asleep. In my dream though, I was still in the same bed relaxing in the same position, still trying to fall asleep.

At that very moment, a ghost started gliding by overhead. It wasn't a scary ghost - just a floating spirit. Not coincidentally, the ghost looked exactly like the ghost from Raiders of the Lost Ark (after Indiana opens the ark and tells everyone to close their eyes but of course the Nazi's don't and they all get eaten). The ghost wasn't too scary or anything, but it was definitely a ghost.

Then *just* as the ghost was about to pass me, it glanced down and saw me. The ghost came to a sudden stop. I held my breath, hoping against hope that it would just keep moving. But of course, the ghost wasn't going to just pass on by. It began to transform into a demonic ghost with claws and sharp teeth and plunged down from the heavens to attack!

I had no idea I was still asleep, and that this was a dream. I was convinced that I was going to be killed by this demonic ghost viciously attacking me with its claws. I threw up my arms and legs to fight the demon, and started flailing about to try and knock it down so maybe I could run from the room.

Of course by this point... I had woken up and found myself in the exact same spot as I was when I fell asleep. Poor Mrs. Bee was lying next to me at this point, completely bewildered as to why I was screaming in total fear while thrashing at the empty air above me. She said that she's never heard me (or anyone) scream like that... it was like out of a horror movie.

I can still see the ghost in my head... and remember the feeling that I was going to die. I was actually blindsided from behind and attacked by three guys on the street once, and wasn't nearly as scared. The ghost was so much more scary... definitely the most I've ever been terrified in my life.

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What was the scariest dream you've ever had in your life?