I'm all about the sleep posts today. Must be tired.

There is a scientific explanation for everything. Have you ever watched those Unexplained Mysteries type shows where they interview alien abduction victims? Well most of the stories go like this “I woke up saw an alien and then couldn't move, then the alien abducted me and proceeded to anal probe me”.

Well I think this explains it:

“The state of transition between sleeping and wakefullness is know as the hypnopompic state. When you're asleep, your brain turns off your muscles, so that you (or at least, most people) don't actually move around even if they dream that they're moving around. When you transition back to being awake, sometimes your dream is still running.”

So there you have it. You are sleeping and dreaming about aliens. You wake up in a hypnopompic state and feel you can't move, you fall back asleep and keep dreaming about the alien who then proceeds to anal probe you.

I can't explain why your bum hurts in the morning but I believe this explains the rest. :)

Hypnopompic definition via Eric's blog