There are some weird things that happen to me while I sleep. Those that believe would instantly identify it as clairvoyance, and I’m inclined to agree. However, when people think of being clairvoyant, they think it’s some superpower and you can simply teleport wherever you want and do whatever you want. In my experience, it’s nothing like that. You’re not really in control, it’s just like life; you aren’t aware that you are somewhere else or somebody else. I have three memorable instances, one of which is personal, but the other two are not. And those two, in true October fashion, are spooky.
The first one (which is actually the second time this happened to me) was a dream where I was walking in the woods. I can still see the scene in my mind. I know just how the terrain was. if I visited the area, I would recognize it. I was alone and was walking along a very slight hill. Then, further down the hill, I saw a bear. Naturally, I was freaked out, but I knew that I had to remain calm because if I suddenly bolted and ran, the bear would give chase.
Unfortunately for me, the bear had noticed me too. I started walking calmly in a diagonal direction away from the bear, not backwards. I did not turn my back to the bear because I knew that would be deadly. To my horror, the bear started walking in a line that would intercept my path. I couldn’t turn and run; I couldn’t really change course. It was obvious what the end result was going to be. And soon, the dream ended.
Imagine my surprise when a couple of days later I saw a news article about a hiker killed in a bear mauling at a park. And it happened on the same day as my dream. Pretty coincidental, right? The article stressed how rare and uncommon bear maulings were. Makes it seem a little too coincidental.
The other night, I had another “dream” while falling asleep. No idea why this came into my head, but I was thinking about going overboard on a cruise ship. One memory was that I slipped on the deck and slid through the railing and over the side. Another memory was that I was yelling “overboard” and wondering if I should yell “man overboard” if a woman had gone over. I recall throwing a safety ring and wondering if doing that was even useful because the ring had a rope attached, so it would just be dragged along with the ship, away from the victim. My last thought was throwing some life jackets from the storage bins on the deck. Then I started wondering how I could give a report of this incident. I wasn’t sure if “Port side” was the left or the right of the ship. And then the dream ended.
And the next morning, I saw a news article that someone had gone overboard on a cruise out of Texas overnight. What another coincidence. Unlike my bear dream, where I read about it a couple of days later, this was just the previous night. Sure, people fall off ships all the time. And speaking of time, the emergency call to the Coast Guard was at 8:45 at night. I normally go to bed around 9:00 or so and usually flop around a lot before settling down enough to sleep. So that would suggest my dream wasn’t real-time and would actually be a recollection. However, that’s 8:45 Central Time in Texas, and in my time zone, it would be 9:45, just about the time I would be falling asleep. Was I the guy sliding off the deck? Was I the person calling for help and throwing things off the ship? Was I there while this was happening?
So what if this is a real ability? Is it useful? Is it enviable? Not that I can see. First, it’s not controllable; it’s totally random. Second, there’s no context of anything. I wouldn’t be able to call a park ranger and say, “Someone was killed in your park yesterday by a bear.” What park? Where? How do I even know it was real? It’s only useful in hindsight, when you can’t have any impact on the situation.
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