i dreamt of a lion many years ago and the memory of it has never left me.

peculiar dream, still not sure of the meaning.

i dreamt i was working in an office that was in a big, restored victorian house. the office was in the basement but was remodeled and nice. i could see out the window to the back yard.

my boss came into the room and told me that everyone was going to have lunch outside and asked me to join them.

we went out to a picnic table in the back yard placed at the edge of the yard near a wooded area. all of the employees were gathered there and talking amongst themselves.

i sat there quietly and began to eat my lunch when out of the corner of my eye i saw a lion (without a mane but i knew it was male) down below in the woods a bit, standing on a rock ledge. it was looking up at me.

i was terrified and tried to gently motion to the others without speaking but nobody saw my gestures. the lion kept staring at me, total eye lock.

i was in panic and put my head down, i couldn't bear to look. after a few moments it was very quiet. the employees all went back to the house and i was alone out there. i slowly put my head up to see what was going on and the lion was now right in front of my face, inches from my face, looking me straight in the eyes.

i was frozen in fear, couldn't move.

then it leaned back on his hind haunches, leaped right over top of my head, leaped off the picnic table, and ran into the woods and was gone.