
Tl;dr: I recently discovered my bio dad was lost at sea near the Bermuda Triangle decades ago. Recently, I had a hyper realistic visitation dream with him where I witnessed a shooting that came true 24 hours later, and which seemed to be facilitated by a third party. I’m hoping someone in the community can help me understand what I experienced.
Hi all,
So a bit of a complicated scenario that’s ended up feeling very strange!
This year, at 27, I discovered my dad wasn’t my dad and my biological dad was lost at sea in the Bermuda Triangle almost two decades ago. Sounds crazy, but that’s where we are!
There’s been a whole host of strangeness around this situation, but the biggest thing I’m struggling with is a dream I had back in March.
On the night of March 5th-6th, I had a very strange dream that ended up being slightly prophetic. I should also mention that I do NOT dream like this — never in my life have I had such a continuous, realistic, vivid, memorable dream. Ever. I hardly remember my dreams at all.
Anyway, in the dream I was sitting in a warm, somewhat cozy room — it had the vibe of a vacation house, sort of a retro Coastal vibe. I was sitting on the bed, and there was a figure beside me.
The figure (unfortunately I never turned to see what or who or what they were) then said quite calmly “it would be a good idea for you to open the door right now.”
I knew instinctively that my bio-dad was on the other side of the door across the room. So I got up, opened it, and sure enough, there he was. And it was incredibly realistic. I mean, I’ve only seen photos of the guy—never truly met him—and this was somehow in perfect detail, in ways I can’t imagine awake when I try. He looked a little older, but not the full 20 years (he might’ve also just been more serious/not grinning like he is in all the photos).
He seemed a little worried, or maybe nervous. He said my name, and we hugged. Idk what to say besides it feels like I got to hug my dad, it was just so incredibly real. We went inside, and had a brief conversation about the things I’d inherited from him (like crooked teeth, we’re both writers, etc).
Notably, he sat on the floor and I found that strange. When I woke up and later told my mom/his friends, they told me this was apparently a trait of his. I was also able to describe his accent accurately despite never hearing him speak/meeting him in life.
Anyway, the actual ‘prophetic’ part:
The dream gets sort of hazy, but the next thing I know we’re in what seems to be a helicopter flying above a city. It’s night. There are sky scrapers below, and busy streets. Instinctively, I know that it’s close to San Francisco. Then gun fire starts, and seven shots go off, and I’m certain seven people are shot or dead.
My dad looked grim, but I got the feeling it was necessary for me to see this somehow. I knew instinctively a description of the shooter (gender and race, nothing more), and that the woman had died.
Despite the horror of that, I woke up with this incredibly strong afterglow of love. I was crying tears of happiness just from the sensation, even with how terrible the prior San Francisco scene was. It was really powerful, extremely weird and I’ve never experienced a dream or emotion so powerful in my life.
Of course I searched news articles for the San Francisco event, and didn’t see anything. But I told my boyfriend and my mom about the dream, along with the shooting part.
Then, 24 hours later, this happens:
https://www.sfchronicle.com/crime/article/oakland-downtown-shooting-21961577.php
I pulled up the aerial view of the scene on google earth and it looks just like the view from the helicopter in my dream. 7 people shot, a woman died, the suspect matched the description, and it happened in Oakland almost exactly 24 hours after I had the dream.
I genuinely don’t have a clue as to what this means, if it’s just a coincidence, or what the fuck is going on. It seems really weird that 24 hours later this goes down in the same place, with the same number of people shot, and a woman died. But it also seems pretty random as an event to be shown, and I don’t know why I would’ve been. I’ve no relation to anyone, it didn’t seem possible for me to stop it…
I suppose I just don’t understand and was looking for some insight into others’ experiences, interpretations, or understandings.
The third figure – the one that said to open the door – gave the whole thing a very “facilitated” vibe, but I’ve no idea what that could imply or mean.
Tl;dr: Recently discovered bio dad disappeared near the Bermuda Triangle decades ago. Now had a hyper realistic visitation dream with him where I witnessed a shooting that came true 24 hours later, and seemed to be facilitated by a third party.
by serpentssss

3 Comments
Your dad showed you that shooting to prove to you that the experience was real. Without it, you could always have doubt as to whether it was ever more than a vivid dream.
I think he just wanted to spend some time with you, since you never got to meet.
Or maybe this is to prime you for future events?
I had an out of body experience where I spoke to my dead mom about 10 years ago. Similar to what you describe. A
To me it seems like the prophetic vision was something to show you that the visit from your dad was A. real and B. possibly an attempt at showing you this hidden ability you may have. You should look into Astral Projection and Lucid Dreaming some. Maybe this is a skill you can cultivate and use!
I don’t have much to add, I’ve had slightly precient experiences myself but never so vivid as you.
However, I have a friend who, while on DMT, had almost the exact same aerial scene play out for him somewhere in the middle east. Some big bombing with casualties he saw, and just like you this event occurred less than a day after his vision.
One detail he added, and I’m curious if this will jog your memory in any way. He said that he saw some kind of light being emerge from each of the people killed, evidently floating above their bodies. And they all seemed bewildered and shocked (expectedly)