Wow, I think ive had one of these in my life, I have no clue what the dream was about or anything but I remember having a dream like that and then for the next week? maybe more, whenever i would turn a corner or be alone I would see this little boy, probably 7 year old, super pale with dark kind of sunk in eye... scared the shit outta me... I was probably like 10 at the time lol...
I saw something on tv about this about 2 years ago, they had developed a device that you wear (kind of like gogles) and you wear them when you sleep, and it shines a small red light into your eye. The light does not wake you up, however it does let you know that you are dreaming and make you aware...