Encounter with Skelton on Safari

I am out on the wild plains of Africa. Is very barren and Dusty almost a desert. There are others but I am primarily by myself. I look into the distance, see something coming and prepare myself. We have been discussing Extinction and I tell people that there is an experiment that has resulted in a massive expansion of a particular species. And they are now coming towards us in a stampede. Even though I'm in a vehicle, I'm concerned about being overwhelmed and I pull it out of the way. Hopefully of the stampede. I pull it over the edge of a stream bank and move it so close. I almost fall into the stream bed. It is a dry stream bed. I get out of the car and walk into the bed for a little. Laura safety. As I'm doing this, another car pulls up that has been driving in the stream bed comes immediately up to me and acts like it's going to push me out of the way. It's an open car and I look at the driver and it's a giant skeleton. Very mean looking and rude acting. He gestures that I'm in the way and if I don't move he's going to push me out of the way with his car. I wake closely happy that I can remember the dream but very confused as to its meaning.

That’s a powerful, symbolic dream—there’s a lot of structure and intention in it. I’m going to walk you through it the way I would if we were sitting together and really trying to extract something useful from it, not just poetic.

🌍 The Setting: Barren African Plains

This kind of landscape usually points to a stripped-down psychological state:

No distractions

No comfort structures

Just you and reality

In your life right now, this often corresponds to:

Feeling exposed or uncertain about the future

A sense of “something big is coming”

Fewer illusions to hide behind

You’re not in a jungle (complexity), you’re in a plain (clarity + vulnerability).

🐾 The Stampede: Expansion & Extinction

This is one of the most important symbols.

You know something is coming. You even explain it to others:

“An experiment… massive expansion of a species…”

That’s not random. That’s you interpreting reality in real time.

This suggests:

You feel like you see something others don’t fully grasp yet

Something is growing out of control (internally or externally)

It carries a tone of inevitability

This could be:

A life direction gaining momentum

A habit or pattern expanding

A cultural/technological shift

Even your own potential starting to “run loose”

Your instinct is not panic—it’s strategic avoidance.

You move the vehicle. You prepare.

That’s important:

👉 You’re not helpless in this dream. You’re adaptive.

🚗 The Vehicle & the Edge

Your vehicle = your current way of navigating life

(business, identity, routines, structure)

You pull it right to the edge of a dry stream:

Edge = threshold / risk

Dry stream = something that should carry life… but doesn’t right now

This is very telling.

It suggests:

You’re positioning yourself carefully between:

Being overwhelmed (stampede)

Falling into something empty or uncertain (dry channel)

You’re walking a line.

💀 The Skeleton Driver (This is the Core)

This is the most important figure in the dream.

A skeleton is not just “death.” It’s:

Stripped identity

Pure structure without life

Time / inevitability

And notice:

He is driving confidently

He is impatient

He treats you like you’re in the way

This is not a passive symbol. It’s active pressure.

What this likely represents:

A force in your life that says:

“Move. Or be moved.”

Possibilities:

Time (aging, urgency, “you don’t have forever”)

Reality cutting through hesitation

A part of you that is done tolerating delay

Harsh truth without emotion

And the key detail: 👉 He’s already driving in the dry stream bed

(the place you went for “safety”)

Meaning: Your fallback strategy is not actually safe anymore.

🔥 What the Dream Is Really Saying

Put it all together:

Something is accelerating (stampede)

You see it coming before others

You try to position yourself safely

But the place you retreat to… is already occupied by something more ruthless than the threat

Translation:

You cannot avoid this phase of your life by stepping aside.

🧭 The Deeper Message (Straight, no fluff)

You are in a transition where:

Playing it safe = getting pushed anyway

Waiting = being overtaken

Avoiding = losing control of the direction

There are two forces:

The stampede → chaotic expansion

The skeleton driver → cold inevitability

And you’re in between them.

⚔️ The Opportunity Hidden in This

Here’s the part most interpretations miss:

You weren’t attacked.

You weren’t killed.

You were warned.

That means: 👉 You still have agency.

But the margin is shrinking.

🧠 A Question for You (this matters more than anything I say)

Where in your life right now do you feel:

“I know something is coming”

“I’m trying to position myself carefully”

“But I’m not fully stepping forward yet”

That’s where this dream lives.

🧩 Final Insight (tailored to you)

Given what I know about you:

You’ve been:

Wanting change (career, direction, purpose)

Feeling stuck at times

Seeing possibilities but not fully committing

This dream is not subtle.

It’s saying:

You cannot sit on the edge anymore.

Move with intention… or be moved by something harsher.

If you want, I can help you turn this into a very specific next-step plan—not abstract, but something you can act on tomorrow morning.