When good bears go bad

"Some people talk to animals. Not many listen though. That's the problem."
- A. A. Milne, Winnie the Pooh

About a month ago I had a very strange dream, nightmare really, about bears. I've always thought of bears as fairly docile creatures, keeping to them selves. Don't bother them and they won't bother me sorta thing.

In my dream they were quite the opposite.
It all happened in the woods somewhere in Finland (it was a very typical Finnish forest) where we (me and my family) were attending someone's wedding.
There were two main cabins, big enough to host a wedding party.

We were all inside dancing and generally having a fun time when suddenly a man says in a very concerned tone that there are bears outside.

I got really scared, because I thought "Why are they here, there's people here". The main cabin we were in has very large glass windows so we could see the bears sitting outside by the trees watching us.
All of a sudden one of the bears tries to come inside and everything got very panicky very fast.

At some point someone said that if the bears didn't see us it'd be safe to run to the other house, but that was a very bad idea as it resulted in a very bloody body parts everywhere massacre.
I was so scared, panicking and thinking Why are the bears after me?! I tried to hide while people were running around like crazy, getting killed outside and fainting inside.

The bears (I think there were three) tried their best to enter the house (thank god for dream physics, because the windows weren't an option) and I crawled inside this weird little tunnel between the two houses, crying and hyperventilating, trying to figure out what to do.

At some point I ended up upstairs in the first main house, with my two nieces. Bears everywhere.
After this I woke up all sweaty and terrified of bears.

All day I had a strange feeling, thinking it had something to do with my then current situation. I was packing and moving to another city, I had just graduated school and for the first time in forever I was free. Like, no attachments or anything, just me, myself and I.

I think it also has something to do with motherhood, and how, even though I've practically been living and living on my own, my parents have always been close, but they're not any more. Not in the same way.
I guess that 's how it is being the youngest of three, and my other sisters already have their own lives sorted out for the most part, being independent and everything.

My time to shine.

All in all, t'was a strange dream, and I really am a bit scared of bears now, even though where I live now there's very little chance to actually encounter one.

Tell me about your dreams, or comment on my weird ones.

-L-