“I was standing under a huge tree — it must have been on the Serengeti, somewhere in Africa — and I was watching my family getting eaten by lions. I had that dream over and over again when I was a kid... Even now I’m shit-scared of lions, and when I go to the zoo I get the feeling that they’re plotting to get me.”

Dr. Bulkeley Says: “One can imagine exactly the same nightmare being experienced by our human ancestors when they actually lived on the Serengeti. The instinctual imprint of that fear still echoes in the dreams of people today. The persistence of this fear from a childhood dream into adulthood makes me wonder if this is a person who, for better or for worse, puts great trust in his instincts and gut-level reactions.”