Partner believes this may be sleep paralysis
I (21M) was home alone while my partner (31F) we were playing dead by daylight while after a while i started feeling really tired so I called it there for the night, got into bed and im not sure if this maybe caused it but I wrapped a small blanket over my face and just started drifting off.
Worth mentioning prior to this i read on Facebook about a guy in my area breaking into people's houses and claiming hes a man of god etc and i seen a meme of a monkey messing with a dog i think it was with the caption Bro seen the meme (trust me its important) then it switched to the monkey and lion meme.
Cut back to me lying in bed, I turned over and moved the blanket from my face and I just seen a lioness staring right at me on top of my partners drawers with its mouth wide open, just as quickly as I had seen it, it faded just as fast, but that was enough to scare me so badly, I felt like I was going to be sick, I couldn't breathe properly and not ashamed to admit I was nearly gonna cry, I love horror games but no horror game could compare to that fear I felt, after I seen it i ended up heading over to my partners mams were shes staying for a few days and slept there, safe to say im never staying home alone for more then a night or at the very least having someone over before I go to bed, used to think I loved the silence because it was comforting but not anymore.