I have had this type of dream for years now. More like a nightmare it feels like. I see this dark, not a shadow per say, but a dark mass coming towards me. It usually happens if I am walking around somewhere in my dream, but I always end up almost running back home. The black mass thing turns into, I would say shadow people, there has been up to four or five of them coming from all angles, cutting off any excape route and chasing me. They end up standing outside of the front door. No matter how hard I try I cannot lock the door. It just won't lock, or the door will not close properly.
Last night, it also had a freaky part to it. I was walking on a frozen lake, it had snow on it and there were others walking. I noticed that at one point the ice was melting and it was getting slushy. I looked around but all around me it was slushy. I took a step forward then I fell through. I thought I was drowning, but I could breathe. I kept falling down, then I got shot out (litterly, think of a waterslide) of the side of the lake and down a waterfall. It got a little fuzzy, but I remember seeing this dark mass on the left side of the water, just on the land.
Somehow I got back to our apartment. I was inside the hallway looking out towards the front door. The space at the bottom of the door and the floor was I would say about 4 inches. So looking at the space, the bottom of the door had this wispy look. Like it was alive, moving all over. Kind of like smoke but it wouldn't leave the bottom of the door. Then this person came up to our door, but I could see through the door sort of and it wasn't human, like a creature/alien. It was sort of glowing. I looked down and I could see the feet, they were in white and red soul shoes. I even thought that was wierd in my dream. Just standing there, smiling evily at me.
Ach, I don't like these dreams. So, I am not too sure on what the hec to make out of these. But last nights really got to me, the scared/creeped out feeling has not left me. I pray everynight and ask for protection also in my dreams.