Richard Dean Anderson I've been having problems with writing here as of late due to being overwhelmed by lucid dreams. After I published my article on an uninvited guest, I started having lucid dreams on a regular basis. After ignoring them and writing about shadow people in the Philippines, I started getting repeats of previous dreams. It was then that I started to keep extensive notes on what the dreams were about.

These dreams have been bothering me so much that I've been sleeping less and less. I try to stay awake as long as possible, hoping that even if I do dream, I won't remember the dream when I wake up. It hasn't worked so far. The dreams are long and vivid, even if I only sleep for a couple of hours.


Scientists have theories, and they're only theories, about the meaning of dreams. Perhaps random dreams and such are created by chemical processes in the brain. Lucid dreams, however, can't be explained away so easily. When you have full or partial control of your dreams, you are experiencing lucid dreaming.

Who is Jack Hunter?

The first lucid dream I experienced, and I can't tell you the exact date (sometime between September 10th and today — it was one of the repeats), was like something straight out of science fiction and fantasy. The first part of it was a battle between a group of people and some kind of monster who was after someone called "Jack Hunter", the leader of that group. That group appeared to me to be some kind of paramilitary organization. The monster appeared to be one of the monsters from the original Doom.

When I thought it was over and was going to wake up from something that I knew was a dream, I was interrupted by Jack. He explained to me that he used the images from my memories to build the fight sequence. It's probably the reason he looked a lot like Richard Dean Anderson.

When I woke up, my first impulse (which I acted on) was to search for Jack Hunter on the Internet. One thing Jack had mentioned is that he was 25-years old in 1933. That would make him 100-years old! I found quite a few references to "Jack Hunter" on the net, but none of them were as old as this Jack is supposed to be. In other words, I wasted my time.

The Shadow People

Jack explained to me what the shadows I've been seeing actually are. They're shadows indeed, but not shadows of people from our world. The reason I can't see who or what is casting the shadows is because those people exist in a parallel world. I asked him why I and my family can see these shadows and why it isn't a common occurrence.

Jack told me the reason has nothing to do with our location in the Philippines. It has to do with perception. Many people can perceive the shadows, but few will take the time to investigate. Most people attribute them to spiritual phenomena and continue on with their lives as normal. Jack said he was drawn to me because of what I was writing about and he believed I would pass on the information he's giving to me over time.

He's absolutely right.

Call Me Crazy

You can call me crazy, a complete nutjob, or whacko if you wish. I'm not going to tell you I believe in all of this. All I'm going to do is to write about the lucid dreams I continue to participate in.

I'll continue with another article later on because this one is long enough as it is. I want to get back to writing the things I normally write about and get these crazy thoughts out of my head for at least a day or two.