I would simply like to ask you people if any of you have encountered something like this:

A few weeks ago, I was having a lucid dream. Me and my dream guide were in conflict with another dream character, and I was lucid. When we thought that we had killed her (by crushing her with a log.) She pushed it off, and became a horrible monster with long spidery limbs, glowing red eyes, and a black aura. I managed to defeat the nightmare by asking its purpose.

A few days ago, I had another lucid, this time I was being attacked by a lion. Being lucid, I commanded the lion to stop attacking me. And it underwent a similar transformation. Its head stretched out, and it's yellowish fur shed to reveal a black, evil form. And of course, glowing red eyes and a smoky black aura. I escaped the situation with dream spinning.

I have seen several other creatures that are like this in dreams where I was not lucid, and I have even seen similar creatures described in others dream journals, although the transformation is still unique to those dreams.

So to shorthand it, my theory goes that when you see a creature with those general characteristics (Spiked figure, glowing red eyes, smoky black or dark grey aura) That it is a nightmare or dream character somehow revealing their true form. I'm not sure why they do this, or why, when I am lucid, evil dream characters take this form. Basically the nightmares are revealing their true form.

So I basically want to spark discussion with this fourm? Has anyone encountered this type of thing other than me? Are they easy or difficult to defeat?