# "Strange Dreams" That Turn Out To Be True - Would You Lend Me An Ear And Believe Everything I Say? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 16, 2013, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-dreams-that-turn-out-to-be-true-would-you-lend-me-an-ear-and-believe-everything-i-say/661143 "2013-06-16T22:07:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![AHeinrich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecccb3/32.png) [@AHeinrich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHeinrich)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2013, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-dreams-that-turn-out-to-be-true-would-you-lend-me-an-ear-and-believe-everything-i-say/661143/1 "2013-06-16T22:07:10Z")
The scenario: > [@](#): > > I have a dream one night - it’s highly vivid, real and organized, almost like it’s real life. > > In the first few scenes of the dream, I am constantly with a girl I’ve never met in real life and it’s clear that we’re romantic partners. I say her name in the dream (“Eleanor Williams”). > > In the middle scenes of the lifelike dream, I’m holding a Euro lottery ticket in trembling hands and I can see the numbers clearly and the date of the draw and I’m thinking (in the dream) that I’ve just won £160m and shaking excitedly and looking up at my computer screen, as the numbers on the screen and my ticket match. > > In the last few scenes…and this is where is gets scary…I’m aware that it’s a couple of years (2015) after winning that jackpot…I’m stood somewhere in central London. There are lots of screams…lots of gunfire…lots of fighter jets flying around…lots of blood everywhere…some meteor-like objects raining down etc etc. It’s chaos - it’s madness and it looks to be war with “unknown enemy combatants”. I then wake up, drenched in sweat and shaking in fear. > > * * * > > I am awake now and I am aware that the draw for that £160m jackpot is in 2 weeks. > > I am ridiculously search out this “Eleanor Williams” on Facebook. It turns out she’s a university student like me, but studies somewhere else in the country. I initiate an innocent meet and we get on outrageously well. A few days later, we are waking up next to each other, feeling infatuated with each other. I’m of course shocked, because whilst it isn’t exactly like my dream, I’m still with this girl that I hadn’t even met and we’re in a relationship. > > So, I of course curiously continue to try to follow my dream. 2 Weeks later, I play the Euro ticket. In the morning after the draw, I shockingly find out that I’ve won the entire jackpot - but I don’t tell anyone yet! I’m now really, really scared. Because two events in the dream have come true…which might mean… So, what do I do? Should I set up an interview with popular news media, alert them and try to prove that something big is going to happen in 2015? I show them that I’ve won the lottery and adamantly tell the world that I saw the numbers clearly and accurately in my dream. Would you therefore believe me when I talk about the last few scenes of my dream and try to warn you? Or would you think I’m crazy…crazy but lucky? Or would you just think it a coincidence and take no notice of my apocalyptic warnings…? Thoughts? ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2013, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-dreams-that-turn-out-to-be-true-would-you-lend-me-an-ear-and-believe-everything-i-say/661143/2 "2013-06-16T22:21:18Z")
Are you writing a book? ---
**Author:** ![AHeinrich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecccb3/32.png) [@AHeinrich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHeinrich)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2013, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-dreams-that-turn-out-to-be-true-would-you-lend-me-an-ear-and-believe-everything-i-say/661143/3 "2013-06-16T22:29:05Z")
> [@Ferret\_Herder](#): > > Are you writing a book? I wish, chap, I wish… ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2013, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-dreams-that-turn-out-to-be-true-would-you-lend-me-an-ear-and-believe-everything-i-say/661143/4 "2013-06-16T22:44:18Z")
No. ---
**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2013, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-dreams-that-turn-out-to-be-true-would-you-lend-me-an-ear-and-believe-everything-i-say/661143/5 "2013-06-16T22:52:34Z")
Assuming the scenario were real. If you could document your predictions and successes you might be able to get a book deal and some talk show appearances. Although two predictions is not a huge track record, especially since one of them you initiated yourself, unless Eleanor looks exactly like she did in the dream. Some people would take you seriously, most won’t. Without more details about the disaster, there doesn’t seem to be much way to prevent it. All you can do is your best. If we can assume there is some element of fate involved, then it makes sense to also assume that the money you won is supposed to be used to help avert the disaster, and that unless fate is a cryptic dick, you will receive further instruction. ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2013, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-dreams-that-turn-out-to-be-true-would-you-lend-me-an-ear-and-believe-everything-i-say/661143/6 "2013-06-17T01:07:04Z")
Waitaminnit… You actually won the Euro Lottery big jackpot? You’re a millionaire? Why the hell are you asking us? Hire an actual public relations research firm! Why rely on the opinion of strangers on the internet when you can afford real experts? Anyway, I says coincidence, but, yeah, it would make a good book. ---
**Author:** ![Foggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foggy/32/1082_2.png) [@Foggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foggy)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2013, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-dreams-that-turn-out-to-be-true-would-you-lend-me-an-ear-and-believe-everything-i-say/661143/7 "2013-06-17T01:18:22Z")
> [@AHeinrich](#): > > So, what do I do? Should I set up an interview with popular news media, alert them and try to prove that something big is going to happen in 2015? I show them that I’ve won the lottery and adamantly tell the world that I saw the numbers clearly and accurately in my dream. You are lucky & crazy. ---
**Author:** ![candle67](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a3d4f5/32.png) [@candle67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/candle67)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2013, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-dreams-that-turn-out-to-be-true-would-you-lend-me-an-ear-and-believe-everything-i-say/661143/8 "2013-06-17T03:19:56Z")
The romantic partner you’ve never met sounds like a symbol for a desirable situation you have never experienced before in waking life. The lotto win may reflect how lucky you feel about something that has happened to you. The ending of the dream sounds like you may be fearing your success or good fortune. Fearing everything blowing up in your face. I’d give [dreambible.com](http://www.dreambible.com) a shot for the rest of the dreams symbols. Might get some really good insights. ---
**Author:** ![HoneyBadgerDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honeybadgerdc/32/1033_2.png) [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2013, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-dreams-that-turn-out-to-be-true-would-you-lend-me-an-ear-and-believe-everything-i-say/661143/9 "2013-06-17T03:29:03Z")
I would tend not to believe or at least be skeptical, great story by the way true or not. I have one dream I never talk about because no one would believe me anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2013, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-dreams-that-turn-out-to-be-true-would-you-lend-me-an-ear-and-believe-everything-i-say/661143/10 "2013-06-17T03:52:33Z")
No, I wouldn’t believe you. Nobody else will, either. Luckily for you, you now have upwards of a hundred million Pounds, so you can make sure you’re living far away from London by 2015. ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2013, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-dreams-that-turn-out-to-be-true-would-you-lend-me-an-ear-and-believe-everything-i-say/661143/11 "2013-06-17T06:36:07Z")
Which of the winners listed in this article are you?: > **[EuroMillions](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EuroMillions)** > > EuroMillions\[a\] is a transnational lottery that requires seven correct numbers to win the jackpot, which consists of 5 main numbers and 2 Lucky Star Numbers. It was launched on 7 February 2004 by France's Française des Jeux, Spain's Loterías y Apuestas del Estado and the United Kingdom's Camelot. The first draw was held on 13 February 2004 in Paris. Initially, only the UK, France and Spain participated, with the Austrian, Belgian, Irish, Luxembourgish, Portuguese and Swiss lotteries joining Dra... ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2013, 8:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-dreams-that-turn-out-to-be-true-would-you-lend-me-an-ear-and-believe-everything-i-say/661143/12 "2013-06-17T08:46:40Z")
> [@AHeinrich](#): > > In the last few scenes…and this is where is gets scary…I’m aware that it’s a couple of years (2015) after winning that jackpot…I’m stood somewhere in central London. There are lots of screams…lots of gunfire…lots of fighter jets flying around…lots of blood everywhere…some meteor-like objects raining down etc etc. It’s chaos - it’s madness and it looks to be war with “unknown enemy combatants”. I then wake up, drenched in sweat and shaking in fear. 2015? Isn’t that the year when Elizabeth II becomes the longest-reigning Brit monarch? Someone is celebrating way too hard. ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2013, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-dreams-that-turn-out-to-be-true-would-you-lend-me-an-ear-and-believe-everything-i-say/661143/13 "2013-06-17T13:48:59Z")
> [@jackdavinci](#): > > Assuming the scenario were real. If you could document your predictions and successes you might be able to get a book deal and some talk show appearances. Although two predictions is not a huge track record, especially since one of them you initiated yourself, unless Eleanor looks exactly like she did in the dream. Some people would take you seriously, most won’t. Without more details about the disaster, there doesn’t seem to be much way to prevent it. All you can do is your best. **If we can assume there is some element of fate involved, then it makes sense to also assume that the money you won is supposed to be used to help avert the disaster, and that unless fate is a cryptic dick, you will receive further instruction.** Of _course_ fate is a cryptic dick. I’ve read enough SF and listened to enough Black Sabbath to realize that if you try to prevent a future disaster you’ll wind up being the cause of it. Oh, and I wouldn’t believe the **OP**. I’d assume he’s crazy and/or a liar who’s just making up the dream. ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2013, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-dreams-that-turn-out-to-be-true-would-you-lend-me-an-ear-and-believe-everything-i-say/661143/14 "2013-06-17T14:05:54Z")
1. Many people have claimed to predict: - the end of the World - assassinations of world leaders - a massive rise in the Stock Market - a massive drop in the Stock Market etc. So your prediction is a bit small (especially compared to the end of the World.) 1. Many people have claimed to predict lottery numbers **after the event**. Gosh (even I can do that.) They usually want me to give them money. 1. I would confidently assume that your central London prediction is: - a way to publicise your forthcoimng book - the start of a publicity campaign for a reboot of ‘The War of the Worlds’, set in the UK - a scam ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2013, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-dreams-that-turn-out-to-be-true-would-you-lend-me-an-ear-and-believe-everything-i-say/661143/15 "2013-06-17T16:44:04Z")
> [@Foggy](#): > > You are lucky & crazy. I’m guessing bored. ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2013, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-dreams-that-turn-out-to-be-true-would-you-lend-me-an-ear-and-believe-everything-i-say/661143/16 "2013-06-17T17:31:24Z")
Any given set of lottery numbers (in a fair draw) has the same odds as any other given set, so whether your winning set came from a dream, a random number generator, or numerologically from your childhood pets’ names is irrelevant. Stalking and seducing a young lady based upon your dreaming her name is a reprehensible act, although I must admit I know several happy couples who met through even more absurd circumstances. ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2013, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-dreams-that-turn-out-to-be-true-would-you-lend-me-an-ear-and-believe-everything-i-say/661143/17 "2013-06-17T18:36:19Z")
Yeah no, you didn’t win 160 million Euros. Didn’t happen. Since you made that part up, it seems likely that you made up the other parts as well. ---
**Author:** ![Kenm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bc79bd/32.png) [@Kenm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kenm)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2013, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-dreams-that-turn-out-to-be-true-would-you-lend-me-an-ear-and-believe-everything-i-say/661143/18 "2013-06-17T18:59:40Z")
You left out the part about using the lottery money to develop a gravity-beam projector to rain rocks from the asteroid belt on London to prove to the world you really would destroy it unless all the governments came together to pay you ONE MILLION DOLLARS! ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2013, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-dreams-that-turn-out-to-be-true-would-you-lend-me-an-ear-and-believe-everything-i-say/661143/19 "2013-06-17T20:12:06Z")
If I lend you an ear I won’t be able to hear half of what you say. ---
**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2013, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-dreams-that-turn-out-to-be-true-would-you-lend-me-an-ear-and-believe-everything-i-say/661143/20 "2013-06-17T22:16:55Z")
> [@Wendell\_Wagner](#): > > Which of the winners listed in this article are you?: > > [EuroMillions - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EuroMillions) Anonymous, obviously. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-dreams-that-turn-out-to-be-true-would-you-lend-me-an-ear-and-believe-everything-i-say/661143.md?page=2)