The one that was the most terrifying

When I was a young teenager I dreamed that I was walking home late one night. It was dark outside and I could see a few stars. As I got to the house about three houses away from my own, I noticed a yellow star high in the sky ahead of me. It seemed to be getting brighter.

I stopped and watched the star as it grew in brightness. It got brighter and brighter until it was the brightest star I could see. Then the star started to slowly move to the right, then slow to a stop, and then reverse and go back to the left.

As it slowly moved back and forth I could feel the wind pick up a little and it made a low moaning sound as it swirled around me. The star continued to move slowly back and forth, its path going a little bit wider each time, and it continued to get even brighter.

The star also appeared to be getting bigger. It was no longer just a point of light but it looked like an actual shape. Suddenly I realized that it wasn't a star at all! It was the Banshee from Darby O'Gill and the Little People. The moaning sound wasn't from the wind, it was the Banshee howling!

I was terrified! I looked around for a place to hide but my neighbors' houses did not have any trees I could hide behind. The house next door to mine had some raised flowerbeds, like mounds of earth raised about a foot. That would be better than nothing! I sprinted to that house and dove behind the little rise of earth as if I were shielding myself from oncoming machine gun fire.

I glanced upwards and I could still see the Banshee, slowly moving back and forth across the sky, and growing larger and larger as it got closer to me. Suddenly I could make out what the Banshee was moaning. Its words came out in a ghostly howl.

"I'm gooOOOooing to get yoooOOOooou! All yooou kids who stay up late at night!"

Terror filled my soul as I realized it was coming directly for me! I stood up and sprinted across my neighbor's yard and straight to my bedroom window. I tried to open it but the window was locked from the inside. The Banshee was only a few hundred yards away now and it continued to howl, "I'm going to get you!"

I fled toward the front door! To my relief it was unlocked. I ran inside and went straight to my bedroom. I turned off all the lights and crawled in bed, hoping that would either appease or fool the Banshee.

As I cowered under the covers I could still hear the howling getting closer and closer, "I'm going to get you!" I was frozen in terror, not knowing what to do. I could sense the Banshee right outside my bedroom window, about to pass through the wall and destroy me!

I woke up with a feeling of dread that I have never forgotten.

Dreamed probably around 1985?