Hi all. Last night, I was going to try WILDing by waking up naturally, which I haven't really done before (natural WBTB). I've always used an alarm.

Anyways, a day ago I repeated, "I will wake up naturally." Which didn't seem to work. So instead last night I said a couple of times in my head when I was falling asleep, "I (will) wake up naturally after 5 hours." That seemed to work! The time was pretty close since I didn't look at a clock when I said it. Anyways, when I woke up a little after 5 hours, I heard two large booming sounds, like someone was trying to break in. Then I was aware that I was awake. I stayed still upon awakening. I didn't dare try to stay still any longer because what if it was an actual person trying to break in? Sure enough it wasn't though.

I woke up one more time naturally after that, all the while staying still. I didn't get lucid, but I remember right as I woke up something stuck into my mind from the previous dream, like I was just there and now I'm in my bed.

It's weird. Why does this happen?

P.S. Also when I wake up, I stay still, but I don't feel like I'm in SP.