Strange dream

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I dreamed my wife and I were working in some sort of high tech bio lab. They had a creature there that looked sort of like a big red fire hydrant, but with an eye, arms and a mouth full of very sharp teeth.

Tom Hanks was the scientist doing some sort of experiment on the creature. Not sure if it was something they caught or made, but they were doing something it didn’t enjoy.
One of the lab assistants working with Tom got too close and the creature bit their hand.

"Watch out! It’s going to escape!" Tom Hanks yelled at all of us.
The person who had been bit began undoing the straps holding the creature in place. It wasn’t clear if the creature was controlling them or if they had just gone crazy due to the bite.
But, the creature was soon free and chasing people about the lab.

We ran out into the corridor and closed the door behind it.
"The door won’t hold it long!" Tom said. "We’ve got to get out of here. If we split up, it will have more trouble catching us!"

My wife and I ran down a corridor to a storage closet where we hid behind some boxes. We could hear the creature running back and forth and people screaming.

We found an air vent big enough for us, so we climbed in and began climbing up to where we thought there would be an exit.

The vent came out on the back porch of a multi-family house like they have in a lot of old mill towns in this part of the state. A lot like some of the places in Worcester near us.
We were only one floor above the back yard, so I got ready to jump down.

"No!" Tom Hanks shouted. "We need a zip line to get away!"
He took the clothes line on the back porch and managed to hook the line on something at the edge of the back yard. He tied it to the balcony rail and told me to go ahead.
I climbed out on the rope and it snapped, dumping me in a small flower garden on the ground below.

"I think it’s safe to jump!" I shouted up to the others.
I could hear the door upstairs being battered open and knew the creature would soon be out on the porch.
The others began to climb down.
Dream ends

I’ve got no idea what brought on this one.
I was watching Futurama the other night. Strange things happen there. But, nothing like this.
And, I have no idea how my dreams could afford a cameo from Tom Hanks…