Had any strange dreams lately? Someone wants to hear your story.

The question is: Who?

A mysterious poster showing up in Portland asserts there's been a "spike in bizarre, unexplainable dreams" and says the "Willamette Valley Dream Survey" is investigating.

The poster was spotted on a telephone pole by a Reddit.com user who posts under the name "Marcus Yallow." He posted it under the category "creepy."

Strange poster found in Portland is generating discussion on Reddit.

Calling the number on the poster reveals that someone cared enough to set up a voicemail account just for the purpose. A woman's voice says, "Thank you for calling the Willamette Valley Dream Survey. Please leave a detailed account of your dream after the tone. Transcripts or audio from your report may be duplicated in other media."

The recording provides no other details. A message left by The Oregonian/OregonLive Thursday morning was not immediately returned.

A Google search finds no other reference to the Willamette Valley Dream Survey. The number has in the past been affiliated with a summer camp operated by the German-language immersion program Sophie Scholl Schule, which operates in Beaverton, Portland and Corvallis. But a school official said the number was a Google phone account that the school no longer uses.

"All we do is German," school director Lynn Ries said. After viewing the Reddit post, she wrote in an email "I can see why you're checking into this. That's one weird poster."

-- Nick Budnick

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