Very strange dream(s) the other night (short version).
My wife had a dream that her and another person saw a sleeping bear, with a little girl walking around it.  Trying to find a way to save the little girl, they discovered the "bear" was actually a lady under a dark blanket sleeping with a rope tied from her ankle to the little girl's ankle so she wouldn't wonder off.  They then were trying to save the little girl without waking the mother.

My dream, same night (again, short version).
Our local amusement park had opened for Christmas tours, even though all the rides were still closed.  As we were going down a path, another group was coming up the path, we both stopped because of a bear.  My first thought was cool, a bear in our town.  Then I noticed a cub with the bear and my thoughts went to "this isn't good". I took pictures of the bear & cub, then called head of security (I also work security here).  When he got there and looked at the pictures, the bear was replaced with a lady in a dress, but the bear cub was still in the pictures.  Every pose I took of the bear, the lady was in that pose.

Now, we hadn't talked about bears or even watch  any shows about bears.  

Can anyone explain how a couple can have such a similar and bizarre dream?