I have a question. I was taliking to my friend at class about LDing and someone overheard the conversation and told me a freaky story.

so he had a friend who was exploring the world of LD and after one he woke up and in the corner of his room he saw a disembodied head staring at him. he said he was sure he was awake because he had been doing it for awhile and could tell the difference. he closed his eyes and opened them again and it was still there. he couldnt get it to go away so he just went back to sleep

later the guy who told me the story met another friend from a totally different part of the world who had the same experience after lucid dreaming, except it was on his bedside table. the two could not possibly have met before.

is this common? could this sortof thing be chalked up to something like sleep paralysis or false awakening (which he said was certainly not it)? Not that it would make me want to LD any less, but i was wondering if anyone had or knew anyone who had a similar experience, or am I just being BSed?

-M Gordon