Bit or scratched by wild animal.

I don't know about you, but I would be fascinated by finding a bobcat, and would probably do things to protect it, even though I know it's dangerous or risky.

The dream shows you being edgey, willing to take risks to be involved in something interesting. Others around you are critical, and intrude with advice to play it safe. But you'll be fine, and it's worth the risk.

Eventually you find that it changes nature a little, maybe grows or harms you. In the end, you see that it does not have your best interest at heart -- it is just a wild animal with basic nature. Potential to harm.

Being in your house, it had come too close to you personally -- it was intruding in your space.

This reminds me of experiences I've had when attending meetings of an organization that I thought was intriguing. It would take me outside myself, which I enjoyed, and added an exotic flavor that kept my life from appearing bland. I knew that it wasn't quite "me" and that was what made it worth trying.

But after a few visits, people start to ask you to do things, pay dues, support an activity you don't stand behind, boycott a company that doesn't offend you, spend time doing things they like to do, chair a committee, organize a concert ... and suddenly this thing seems like a wild animal, grown out of control. It has selfish needs and does not return what you put into it.

People in it think differently than you, have different ethics or approaches. What made it exotic and rare shows up as just being primal. Self-serving. (This could pertain to a girlfriend too.)

Here's an article for ya. I haven't seen confirming information for it.

http://www.glennbeck.com/content/articles/article/198/21680/

There are certain things in the world that seem rather harmless that we flirt with because it's fun, until we realize you might be getting into something dangerous. Once you allow the devil to enter your heart, it's harder to get rid of him.

I thought it was ironic how everyone on here has the same dreams or close to simular. I just dreamed a few weeks back about having a tiger in my house. except it did not harm me. but I did feel threathen that if I didn't feed it soon. that it would harm me. how bout that chimp that just attacked that lady. it was living in her house.