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All the way back in 2012 I had this extremely frightening nightmare about this demonic wind-up duck. A nightmare that has stuck with me all years since having it. Let me explain what happened.

Growing up I used to play with this white wind-up duck. I don't remember where I got it. I just remember that I used to play with it all the time. I unfortunately don't have it anymore nor do I have a photo of it. So, I had to just use an image I found on google images. I however once I had a dream about this specific toy. Although it wasn't a pleasant one, far from it.

The dream begins with me at my grandma's house. I was standing on her driveway and noticed my wind-up duck toy was walking on the pavement.

I approached the toy but immediately stopped when thought entered my mind. It told me, “Don't touch it or you'll be sorry.” I did as the thought told me. However, even though I didn't want to touch the toy duck. I immediately lost control of my body and touched it anyways.

When I did these loud screams played in my head. Along with various images appearing in my vision. These images consisted of distorted faces, demonic symbols, and other abstract things I couldn't make out.

I immediately woke up in a sweat. It was still nighttime. I didn't want to go back for fear I'd have another nightmare. So, I tried to stay up. However, exhaustion got the better of me, and I fell back to sleep. Thankfully I didn't have anymore nightmares after that.

I don't know why I'd have such a negative dream about that toy. I've never had any negative experiences with the toy, nor did it scare me in any way. After having the dream, I didn't touch my wind-up duck toy for almost a week.

Out of curiosity have any of you had any nightmares of a toy or something you enjoy. I'd like to know.

If anyone read this post, thanks for reading!

(Image above is an screenshot from Auritanyl’s video “what's beyond minecraft's farlands?”)

All the way back in 2017 I had this bizarre dream an about this strange, distorted Minecraft world. A minecraft world that wasn't all that different from the farlands. While a dream about the minecraft farlands might not seem that remarkable. However, this all happened before I ever knew or heard about the farlands existence. Let me explain what happened.

Growing up I used to play a lot of minecraft and still do today. In fact, I'm currently playing a world that I've turned into a post apocalyptic zombie survival game using various mods. So, I have no doubt this would've affected my dreams.

The dream begins with this bright light shinning in my eyes. I couldn't see a thing.  Then this strange music started to slowly fade in. It sounded like a symphony orchestra, but it sounded all muffled and distorted. 

Eventually the light dimmed enough that I could see. I seemed to of been floating slowly through the air in what appeared to be a minecraft world. However, the terrain of this world was distorted and not how it should be.

For starters the ground wasn't it usual flat vast landscape. Instead, it was these narrow straight parallel lines. They were all lined up next side by side and floating above each other. It went on as far as the eye could see. Nothing but a void of these straight lines of terrain.

These lines of terrain were also almost completely barren with it just being bare dirt and no mobs whatsoever. There were the occasional tree or water and lava pit. Sometimes there was even water or lava leaking from one of the upper lines. But that was pretty much all there was on these lines.

The entire dream was nothing but floating around in this bizarre minecraft world with the same repeating terrain along with the distorted orchestra music. This kept going until I eventually woke up.

I'm not too sure how to explain this dream. I wasn't exactly a nightmare, but it wasn't a good dream either. It was weird, that's all I can describe it as. I didn't think much about it as I had school that day. In fact, I pretty much forgot about the dream entirely as time passed.

However, about a few months later I stumbled across a YouTube video discussing the minecraft farlands (I don't remember which one video it was). Out of curiosity I clicked on the video. In the video the guy discusses that 12,550,821 blocks away from the world spawn. The terrain generation begins to glitch creating this strange, distorted landscape known as the far lands. 

I immediately remembered my dream I had months ago. While the real farlands were different than what appeared in my dream. They still looked eerily similar to the minecraft world from my dream. Let me remind you that I haven't heard of the farlands prior to having the dream.

Now this could be a result of playing too much minecraft as it was my most played game at the time. But it’s still crazy how had a dream about the farlands before knowing that they were even a thing. I feel like I somewhat predicted the future with this one. It wasn't even the only time this has happened as I had a dream about an Ebola outbreak prior to the covid-19 pandemic. I don't believe I'm psychic or anything, but I still find it crazy.

Out of curiosity have any you had any dreams related to minecraft or any other games or media you like? I'd like to know.

(Image above is screenshot of explore lucid dreaming's sleep paralysis video thumbnail)

For the sake of privacy, I'll be going by the name Peter in this post.

I'm sure many of us have experienced sleep paralysis at some point in our lives. Sometimes even encountering a shadowy figure. Well, I experienced something like this all the way back in 2016.

The nightmare begins with me waking up in my bed. I was unable to move my body except for my head. I turned my head and saw this shadowy figure standing right next to me. I didn't feel any emotions when I saw the figure. It took me a minute to figure out who the being was, but I soon realized it was my dad.

My dad leaned towards me and started whispering to me. He spoke. “Peter!” “Peter, get up we need to go!” “Come on, we need to go before they find us”. All while I was trying to get up but couldn't.

My dad then leaned in closer and was about to say something. However, before he could speak, I woke up for real. It was still nighttime. Thankfully I was able to move my body. I checked my clock to see that it was 4 in the morning. I went back to sleep and didn't have any more nightmares. I don't remember what the other dream was. All I knew was that it wasn't a nightmare.

This dream has stuck with me all these years. I've experienced sleep paralysis in the past, but I've haven't encountered a being up until that point. Although I'm too sure if counts as sleep paralysis if I was fully asleep.

What also stuck with was what my dad meant by “Before they find us”. We don't know anyone or have any enemies who would be actively hunting us down.

Regardless I thought it was something worth sharing. If anyone reads this post thanks for reading!

(Image above is a photoshop edit I made using a screenshot from space engine)

Back around the beginning of 2023 I had this strange and vivid dream about exploring this harsh and frozen alien moon. An alien moon that wasn't all that different from earth. This dream would soon inspire a worldbuilding project I've started working on called Juno earth.

Before I fell asleep and had the dream. I was having trouble falling and had a panic attack beforehand. This is when I used to have bad anxiety. When I finally fell asleep, I immediately began to have this vivid dream.

The dream begins with me hiking through this small, wooded area. It was during winter when I was exploring. I hiked through the forest for quite some time until I eventually came to the end. I was greeted by a large open snow-covered field.

I was told in my head that this entire area used to be a farm belt. However, the area had been abandoned due to the nibiru cataclysm. I was never told what happened during this event. However, I had an idea as I used to study the planet x/nibiru theory when I was younger. To basically sum it up it's a belief that there is 9th undiscovered planet in the solar system. A planet that is believed to eventually collide with the earth and create the “end the world”. An alternate hypothesis of this theory is that planet x is a brown dwarf with a massive dust cloud. Is believed that it will make a close flyby of earth. Wreaking havoc by bombarding the earth with hundreds or possibly even thousands of meteors and asteroids in the process.

I continued my way through the snowy field. The snow was incredibly deep, and I was having a hard time walking through it. While I am making my way through the snow. I came across another small patch of trees. Some of the trees in the patch were dead and had these translucent vines coming out of them. I was told in my head these were incubator flora. They were use by the creatures and inhabitants of moon for hibernation when the deep freeze comes. As I was also told that the moon and it's host planet are in an elongated orbit around its parent star. And every year the planet and it's moon moves outside the habitable zone. I was told in my head to keep track of this as the moon is soon about to enter its deep freeze.

It's also worth noting that I may or may not of seen the parent gas giant. There are some parts I'm probably missing or have forgotten when I'm writing this. One thing I know for sure is that it did indeed exist. I also know that it was red gas giant that was much bigger than Jupiter. Again, I don't remember if I saw it or not. All I remember is that it was there for sure. For the sake of the art, I will include a gas giant in the sky.

Close to where I saw the incubator flora I saw an abandoned radio tower in the middle of the patch of trees. I headed over to the radio tower to investigate it. When I arrived at the tower, I noticed a chain-link barbed wire fence surrounding the tower. I walked around the premises of the tower to see if there was a way in. I noticed a small back gate on the fence. I headed over to inspect it and to my surprise it was unlocked.

I noticed the radio tower had a ladder attached to it. So, I climbed up to the very top of the tower. When I made it to the top I could see a birds eyes view of the area. I stood there admiring the view for a while until the wind began to pick up and started to snow even more. I decided to climb back down and continue my little journey.

I continued to explore the moon with no goal or destination in mind. I continued until I noticed something digging through the snow and coming towards me. There were 6 of these things digging through the snow. I was then told in my head that these were snow rats. Some of the few creatures come out close to the deep freeze. I was also told that they were predators that hunt wide array prey including humans.

I immediately made a run for it. I ran and ran struggling to keep my footing in the deep snow. I didn't know where to go or where I'd be safe. All I knew was that I needed to get away. I then noticed that the snow rats started to sink into the ground one by one until every single one was gone. Then a much larger movement in the snow started coming towards me. It didn't take long for what was moving in the snow to reveal itself. This massive white fur covered worm came out of the ground, slithering towards me through the snow.

I started to run even faster than I was before. While I was running, I noticed a hill with a small cave on it. I ran towards the cave as fast as I could with the worm quickly gaining on me. I managed to make it to the cave before I became the worms lunch. Thankfully the worm didn't follow me into the cave.

I walked through the cave for a bit. However, before I could see more of the cave and the rest of the moon. The dream ended and I woke up. After I woke up, I didn't feel too rested and refreshed. However, I did feel a lot better than usual when I had nights like these.

This dream has stuck with me ever since. After having the dream it's given me a lot of inspiration for a worldbuilding project that I now call Juno earth. It's about earth in an alternate universe where earth is far colder and inhabited by man eating predators. Another difference is that unlike our earth which is its own separate planet. This earth is one of many moons orbiting a much larger gas giant called Juno i.e Juno earth.

I've thought of another concept all the way back in 2014 called legend of martheia. Which follows a similar concept except it took place on a tropical moon instead of a frozen one. I've tried to get it off the ground for the past 9 or so years. But haven't had any luck in doing so. I feel like this dream ended up helping me a lot with my writers block

This isn't even the first time this has happened. As I've had dreams that have become concepts for other stories and I've thought about writing in the past. Out of curiosity has anyone else, particularly writers have experienced this or something similar. I'd like to know.