Hopkins recounts how some experiencers find themselves back in bed with no recall of the transition from encounter to waking position. The seamless reentry resembles dream reassembly, where fragmented scenes collapse into a coherent waking moment.
The experiencer notes no bodily evidence of the event, highlighting the symbolic nature of the encounter. The intact bedclothes contrast sharply with the vivid sensations of the remembered experience.
Hopkins interprets this as a hallmark of dream-encounter merging, in which symbolic experience overtakes physical continuity.
