What Would You Call This?

by Will

What would you do if you came across a video online that had two scenes from a dream that you recall from your childhood. This happened to me today, and, for a moment, I ended up feeling like a Microsoft Blue Screen of Death.

The first two scenes of the video above are from a reoccurring dream I had decades ago, and when I saw it, I felt like the author of the video must have been inside my head at some point. This experience doesn't really fall under deja vu, psychic predictions, premonitions, etc., so I'm curious about what I should call it. Maybe we each have a doppelgänger in experiences, and this was their dream put to video?

After the shock of seeing this wore off a bit, I was reminded of a story that I loved very much as a child by Roald Dahl called The BFG. It's about a Giant who collected good dreams and gave them to kids - as if any one of us could have one. (Side note: I'm not sure why a movie of this story has never been made, as it is in my opinion his best book - better than James and the Giant Peach, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The Witches and Matilda – all of which have been committed to film.)

Also, to be clear, nothing after the first two scenes were ever seen by me before I first watched this video, and I'm glad, as it's quite a trip in itself. Anyway, I'm just curious if anyone else has had something like this occur?

| 11/30/07 | Fringe