howdy from Texas snowmachine! that's a very interesting username bytheway..but I think you have such a powerful antidote to the monsters and that is laughter, it's one of the most powerful spiritual warfare weapons against demonic attack so it's a Biblical principle that you are using. I use it too.
I've also known fleeting black figures to be demons.
Such an interesting post, I hope it wasn't scary to write! Have you talked to others here on steemit who have similar experiences or who do lucid dreaming?