I was walking alone near Shardloes - a footpath I walked a great deal in my twenties and some in my childhood. The place I was walking was off the footpath, to what was the horizon of what I could see from the path, up into the hills above the river valley. I came across an enclosure I hadn’t known was there. Maybe it was new. It was wire fenced, and the wire went right above the whole place, so even birds would be enclosed.
I went into the enclosure as it was open to the public - at least there didn’t seem any problem about my going in. The entrance was through a wire flap about three feet square that closed behind me. Inside, the land was allowed to remain natural without farming or spraying, so the creatures could live their normal life. The land rose slightly and was a little rugged.
As I looked around I found a small creature on a rock. It looked like cellophane, as one could see right through it. It was about three inches across, shaped slightly like a starfish, and was mobile. I found other creatures also, bigger and looking more solid, maybe nine inches across, also mobile, with a texture like thick seaweed, and with many ‘legs’ from a central body or nucleus. I hadn’t seen creatures like this before.
As I stood on the higher ground near the top end of the enclosure a man, who I felt was a keeper or warden of the place, came and talked to me. He was talking about some children being allowed in the place, and how destructive they could be. I mentioned the experience I had while on school holiday on the Isle of Wight, when I saw the children empty a window of goods by stealing them.
The man had gone, and I suddenly felt one of the larger creatures moving up my leg, inside my trousers. It climbed to my left shoulder, and I was aware of others also on my body about - three or four. I was not frightened, but a little tense, wondering what to do. I realised I should have tucked my trousers in my socks so they would not have been able to crawl up my legs. I thought of taking my clothes off to remove the creatures, but thought others would then be able to jump on me easily. At this point the dream ended or I woke. Stan