Crime & The Amish
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This is another vague dream for which I did not take enough notes to remember it clearly.
I believe it was supposed to be an episode of Law & Order, probably the series Special Victims Unit as it dealt with a sex crime. It was unusual in that the victims--a woman and her young daughter, I believe--were Amish. (I realize there is not a huge Amish population in New York, if there are even any there, but remember this was a dream.) I don't know who reported it...but I seem to remember the two victims had been terribly hurt as well as raped. I think the perpetrator tried to murder them. Their bodies were found and they were lying somewhere; it seemed to be in a building, maybe grayish--a storage place? It didn't look Amish, whatever it was. Maybe they had been moved by the authorities to be examined elsewhere. Anyway, I'm just now remembering deep knife wounds so I believe that at least one of them had had her throat cut; possibly there were other knife wounds and mutilation, also. I just remember lots of blood, though it didn't seem to be dark; maybe it was bright red blood. It was also more slippery and stringy rather than sticky and pooling. The police showed up and started talking over the bodies when one of them moved and possibly murmured. The victim with the slashed throat (I can't recall if it was the adult or the girl--maybe the girl?) was still alive! After a moment they realized that the other one was alive also--amazing! They immediately started some emergency efforts to help keep them alive, and perhaps started questioning them to find out who had done this to them. I think the women were more surprised than traumatized or anything, as if not quite aware of what was going on.
I can't recall the ages of the two but I THINK the girl might have been around eleven or twelve--but then again, she could have been a teenager. Maybe it was even an adult woman and an older woman. I just know one was younger than the other, probably her daughter. And one of them had long, straight, light brown hair.
The police were concerned that the fact that the victims were Amish might impede the investigation some. I think the scene shifted to the inside of an Amish building--a barn?--I remember it was spacious, with a high ceiling--maybe rafters--and possibly hay or something on the floor, which is what makes me think barn. There were two Amish men here being interviewed by the police. (I can't remember specifically seeing the police, nor which characters they were--maybe Detective Tutuola (Ice-T) was present somewhere?) I think one of the Amish was an old man; they seemed surprised by what had happened, but were being as helpful as they could. I looked at them and noticed that they had...very big heads. I mean, INCREDIBLY big! Their heads were so long they took up maybe a quarter or a third of their height! They had high foreheads and they were also somewhat misshapen, like squarish. I have written down "rattlesnake," so maybe that had something to do with it--perhaps these men had been bitten by a rattlesnake and so their heads were swelling up? They didn't seem very concerned about this--I sensed it wasn't lifethreatening, just ugly looking (and physically impossible, in real life)--so I just sat and stared at them in awe. Perhaps their heads were even getting bigger as I watched. (I did not feel like this was on TV; it's kind of like I was in it, but not part of it.)
I realize this dream was very odd and didn't make much sense. As I said--better notes next time!
