That's the part that eludes me. I am not sure if the dreams started before or after the fire. The paranormal stuff definitely before. The dreams went over a period of so many years, it's hard to pinpoint. Figure sometime in the 90's to not long before i joined this site in 2022. So it was a long time dealing with this. At one point i thought it was me going nuts, but after so much time, the randomness of the dreams and the 'intended bringing' me from a pleasant dream straight into that, there was no way it was imagination. I can still hear the hissing sound in my mind to this day. Such an odd sound. Very disturbing actually. It was like a constant hissing with what sounded like crunching or crackling. I could feel my entire body begin to tingle as if i were awake, but i was not. Most of the time i woke up just as it began. You certainly begin to panic when you know something is there but can't be seen and knowing it is getting closer. It wasn't until i saw it standing at the door of childhood bedroom did i have enough. I can't repeat exactly what i told it, but i made it quite clear to leave me the hell alone lol. Then that was it. No more nightmares. Had i known it was that simple long ago, i would've been rid of it sooner. I am waiting for the day it returns. I thought at one point it was attempting to come back. That was something else entirely. Something far more disturbing and sinister feeling. That was rectified very quickly now that i know how to get rid of these things.