The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines premonition as “anticipation of an event without conscious reason”.  I’ve heard of people having these before, but I’m not sure I’ve ever experienced it.  But I had a dream the other night that either was this very thing or an incredible coincidence.

First of all, I rarely ever remember what I dream about, only that I had one.  But every once in a while one will stick with me.  In this one I was one of our nation’s founding fathers who looked a lot like Ben Franklin, yet I was still fixing printer jams in whatever building I happened to be in at the time.  (It really sucks when the dreams you remember have something to do with work…)  So just as I finished fixing the printer, we were suddenly attacked by a number (I think 2 or 3) of ugly, angry mutant tigers.  I mean these things were mangy!  So being the paternal figure and defender that I was, I was forced to fight these tigers off with my bare hands.  It wasn’t easy, but I finally conquered them all.  After I had broken the neck of the last giant feline I heard someone yelling outside so I ran out the door to see what was going on.  Upon stepping outside a messenger ran up to ask me if I had heard the “shot heard round the world“.

It was in the next moment that my girlfriend and I were woken by perhaps the loudest thunder I have ever heard in my life.  The initial burst was like a shotgun had been fired just outside our window, and it continued in a rolling pattern for about 15 seconds.  It wouldn’t have freaked me out so bad had I not just had that dream, but all I could think was that was the shot heard round the world, and I dreamed it into being!  It was very strange feeling. 

Premonition, or coincidence?  And why are crazy tigers attacking me and my people in my dreams?