Feeding Time

A Dream From The Past

There is an inside swimming pool the size of a football field and 100 ft. Deep. On each side of the pool are three ladders stretching from the bottom of the pool to the top. Like the Hunger Games, this pool is watched by many for entertainment purposes. Audiences watch as prisoners and captives are put to the test. A prisoner must swim down the ladder about 40 - 50 ft. Where there is a knot or lock. They must undo the knot/lock and then float to the top. Here's the twist, around ten seconds after the prisoner dives in, a Megalodon shark is released into the pool. If the prisoner does not complete the task fast enough, the giant shark will catch and eat them.

My family has been taken captive for an unknown reason. We are brought to the pool as thousands cheer from the stands. Each of us is put to the test. One by one, we dive into the pool. One by one we undo the lock right as the Megalodon is released. So far, we all make it to the top alive. Next is my mom's turn. I am worried about her. She isn't a fast swimmer, but she pleads with us not to help her. She dives in. I watch as the clock ticks and know that she will not make it. Against her wishes, I jump in behind her. I find that she is struggling with the lock. I take over and finish it. The Megalodon is released. We swim to the top. Death's grasp barely escapes us. Dream ends.

I wake up

Shark Excursion

A Dream From The Past

I'm roaming around Anderson, Indiana with some friends looking for something to do. If I had to guess, I would say it was the 1970's. There is a lot of fun stuff to do here, not like how I remember. The whole city is like one giant amusement park.

Near Applewood, there is a shark ride similar to the JAWS ride at Universal Studios, Orlando. This ride however is much more intense. We are placed in a bus that submerges underwater. The windows are nice and big so we can see everything. Swimming next to the bus is a Great White shark. The size of the beast is enough to take the air from your lungs. We have several more encounters along the way. At one point, I tell the bus driver that the graphics on a nearby television are old. He agrees. He then makes me an honorary co-captain of the bus. He places a button on my shirt to make it official.

The bus comes to a stop next to another bus. The driver says, "if you want to experience the scarier portion of the ride, you can exit this bus and enter the other. If you want the experience to end, stay where you are." I board the other bus. I want fear. I need adrenaline. I sit at the back of the bus near the emergency exit. The bus submerges deeper underwater this time. I look out the back door and there is a giant shark with his mouth stretched wide open, looking for a quick lunch. Dream ends.

I wake up

Close Encounters Of The Shark Kind

Nightmare 1/3/2017

     I'm staying at a hotel near the beach. In the pool of the hotel there is a great white shark. Many people complain because it doesn't have much space to live. It basically swims around in a circle and that's its life.

     In the ocean, just past the buoys, there is an even bigger shark. This beast may be related more closely to the Megalodon, a giant shark once thought extinct. I swim with a group of children and my sister in the waters of the ocean, but am always cautious as to what's below. We never pass the buoys. My sister at one point is on an inflatable raft too far out, but for some reason the shark doesn't attack. We have many close encounters.

     Someone at the hotel shows me a video taken underwater of a girl who was on the swim team, swimming down and coming face to face with the giant beast, and swimming for her life toward the beach, the shark is on her tail the whole time. At one point she rests to regain her strength, at that moment, you would have thought she was going to be eaten. The shark widens its jaws to eat it's lunch, but just then she shoots to the surface and makes it to safety. The footage is heart-pounding. 

     It comes time for me to leave the hotel and go back home. But something strange happens. The children that I played with on the beach change. I feel darkness emanating from their eyes. Yesterday they were the nice kids at the beach, today they are more or less the children of the corn. They chase me down and attack me, but I hide. I wait for the right moment. When I feel they aren't paying close attention, I make  my escape and leave the demon children behind. Dream ends

I wake up