<human>: I'll start with a few odd ones, but I know there are much better out there!

My father had a reoccurring nightmare starting when he was around 10 years old. The dream was of a nutcracker (soldier figurine) standing at the top of a dark staircase, chomping his teeth repetitively. In the dream my father knew that the nutcracker had just killed both of his parents in the next room. When my dad was in his early 20s he was at a bar telling an acquaintance about this nightmare after some drinks, to which the guy replied, "You need to look at the nutcracker's face next time." The next time my father had the dream he looked directly at the nutcracker and realized the nutcracker was actually himself. He never had the dream again. My father had a shitty childhood and obviously had some pent up anger growing up towards his parents.

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<bot>: My father had a reoccurring dream of a nutcracker who killed his parents. Finally looked at the nutcrackers face and realized it was himself. Stopped having the dream.