I have had this at least once a month for ten years. and every time I have it, it gets clearer in the details, a make of car, a brand of goggles, the grass beneath my feet, that sort of thing.
I am in a military Land rover, there are at least four other guys with me. We are soldiers. Behind us, there is a river, the bridge over which is blocked off by warning signs.
We are driving on a dirt road. The grass is green, the sky is blue and the water of the river is clearer than any I have ever seen. There is a large pipe, running at an angle to the river above the ground.
I see someone standing on top of it, at least ten foot off the ground. I know that this is bad, I know that no one has been on this side of the river in a long time. He is dark haired, and wearing a dark coat and blue jeans.
His teeth are black and pointed. He smiles.
Something attacks us from somewhere... it is all a blur. Suddenly, the sky is dark, I am running away, I have been running for a long time. I have followed the river out to the sea. There is a small village, maybe five houses, there are cobbles on the ground. People are in the village, with smiles and black teeth. My friends, the soldiers I came in with, are killed there and I shoot, but it does nothing.
A woman in the crowd of black toothed monsters hears me, calls out to me. I run into one of the houses and lock myself in the study, My rifle is gone, I am holding a pistol. They are talking to me through the door, telling me that everyone else is dead and that I should join them. They bang on the door and it shudders in its hinges. They tell me that they have already won. They bang on the door and it cracks. They tell me that it won't be that bad. They bang on the door and it begins to hang loose.
I open the door. I am terrified. I offer them my hand. They tear into it. My vision goes grey and I can se better into the darkness.
Once or twice a month for ten years. Every time, the details fill out and it feels a bit more real. I am not an easy man to frighten, I tend to be the calm one in any dire situation. But every night I have that dream, I wake up in tears.
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