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Demon Kermit

 

This was, as far as I know, the first nightmare that really stuck with me.  I think I had to have been 4 years old at the time.  As such, I don't remember all of the details, but the general scenes I remember.  My family still lived in our old house in Whitehall at the time.  My sister's room was a large closet.  My parents had to turn it into a nursery out of necessity.  This dream involves candy, my blankie and my baby sister, all of which were the most important things in the time to me. 

 

I'm in my room asleep, I'm snuggled up against my favorite yellow blankie and my stuffed Polar Bear named Pudgie who has a bean bag leg.  There is a crunching sound that rouses me out of my slumber.  It's a loud crackle though, like somebody was snapping a bunch of pretzel rods in half.  I get up and there is Kermit the Frog.  He is tearing lollipops off of my wall and eating them with one crunch. 

 

I yell for him to stop.  "Those are mine," I scream.  He puts down his last lollipop and without saying a word, snatches my blankie from me. 

 

I don't care if this is a dream or not, you don't f**king touch my blankie Kermit.

 

I run after him but since we were about the same size, I am relatively scared.  If I have to battle Kermit in hand-to-flipper combat, I'm not sure I would win.   I am only 4 for crying out loud.  But still, that bastard took my blankie. 

 

I chased him into the hallway and he turns hard to the left, heading into my sister's room (closet).  I open the door and he's standing there over my sister's hamper.  He opens the lid and a dull orange glow spills out into the room.  It dances on the walls, giving the illusion of fire.  He jumps into the hamper with my blankie and closes the lid. 

 

"Got him,"  I think to myself.  But when I go to open the lid I am met with a disturbing image.  It's like hell, but for Muppets.  I see an evil Gonzo, a demonic Miss Piggy and a grotesque Fozzy Bear.  I quickly shut the lid.

 

I wake up. 

OK.  Now that was a weird dream.