A couple of nights ago I was awakened by the sound of feet running down the hall and into our bathroom. I sat up, noted that Studly wasn’t in bed, and called his name. There was no answer.
I got out of bed and hurried into the bathroom worried that Studly, who’d been under the weather, had gotten sick. The bathroom, though, was empty. Hmmm. I checked the den and there he was, snoring away from the comfort of his recliner.
Returning to bed, I surmised that the cats had enjoyed one of their tumbling runs through the house, even though the sound of running feet had seemed much louder than two middling sized cats could’ve generated. Again I dozed off into dreamland.
Sometime before dawn, I was startled awake again by the same sound of running feet. This time I noted that one cat, Scout, was sleeping peacefully beside me and that her “sibling,” Patches, was firmly ensconced in her favorite chair. Studly, was still in his recliner snoring like a freight train. Obviously I had experienced an auditory dream. It was unnerving.
Have any of you experienced such a phenomenon? Often I hear music in my dreams that lingers over into my waking life, but the sound of running feet was a first. I don’t want to hear that ever again.
Instead, I’ll listen to Billy Joel.
Peace, people!
Praying for Eyebrowz 
Ooooh … an auditory dream… or a ghostly run?!
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Iām trying not to think about that possibility! š³š³š³
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Oh dear! Auditory dreams are very real though because Iāve often been woken up by the sound of my husband shouting my name when he wasnāt home and it was so vivid and real but I knew it was a dream. Your mind does odd things in that state where youāre half awake/half asleep!
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Oh wow! Thatās frightening!
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I might suggest a haunting, but that could be worse than dream-state audio!
I’ve recently had something minor like that happen. A few mornings, just before dawn, but on days when I haven’t needed to have an alarm set, I’ve clearly heard a short, 1-tone ring. Rather like a small gong or bell. It’s clear that I’ve been sleeping because I am convinced that it’s an alarm waking me. Funny thing is that my alarm sounds nothing like what I hear. I’ve tried to pass it off as the neighbors alarm coming through the wall as he gets up very early for work, but why would that be only 1 short sound and nothing more??
Do you remember what/or if you were dreaming just before you woke up? I can’t recall a dream if I was…
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Iāve tried to recall the dream(s), but you know how that goes. Like trying to hold smoke.
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It’s probably just another weird sign associated with aging…because why not add 1 more thing to this whole process!
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Exactly! Just one more trick my bodyās decided to play on me.
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On a lighter note, you can’t beat a bit of Billy Joel. š
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Thatās what I thought, but one of my Facebook friends made fun of me!
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What! š¤
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I hear the dog in the apartment above me, but thatās about it….
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What if there is no dog in the apartment above you? Hmmm???
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Obviously your home is haunted. š
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Thanks so much. š¤Ŗ
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oooh spooky….
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I know! And Studly travels often. Oooooooohhhhhhhhhhh!
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HMMMMMM. Very big spooky. get a frying pan handy…
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I have this big fierce walking stick. I also have a gun, but it scares me, so I prefer the big stick.
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You can do plenty damage with a big stick. x
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Thatās what I think. Unless itās a ghost Iām fighting. Then Iām liable to hit myself in the head.
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Just thinking many years back in the days of the old telephones, I was doing a stint in this psychic journalist’s office and this irate man came roaring in–something to do with her telling his wife she was going to leave him, so she did– anyway, while the journalist and this other woman were cowering under a desk, I picked up that phone. He fair got out of there in a hurry.
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Oh wow! That mustāve been quite a job, by the way.
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Hell, well she never foresaw that…. I nearly got a job as a bodyguard after that day. x
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Clearly a ghost
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Gee, thanks. š»
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Yes! I recently had one that was so loud that it woke me up! I was absolutely certain there was a gunshot right outside our window, but nope. All in my dream. Weird stuff.
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Wow! That wouldāve kept me awake the rest of the night.
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I wear ear plugs (someone snores), but I still hear things like the ice maker or the blower on the HVAC turning on/off. Sometimes I get rattled by one of those sounds and get up to check everything. Which, of course, only makes it harder to get back to sleep. Ugh. – Marty
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I canāt believe Gorgeous snores! Nice to know sheās human!
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lol VERY human.
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You’ve got to be careful with what you eat before bed time
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No doubt that played a part! Iām enjoying my vegan diet, but sometimes the spices used to camouflage the fact that meat and dairy are missing from the recipe are a bit over the top.
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This sounds like a job for excessive alcohol consumption
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Except the doc has severely curtailed that, as well. I do still have a glass of wine now and again.
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