I had a weird one this morning, too.
For some reason we were touring the garden of a house in our neighborhood. There was a low rock wall with a tall garden on top to shield the house from the street. (This house doesn't actually exist). As I walked by this garden I saw a weird bird sitting in the garden and called my wife back to have a look while I tried to snap a picture of the bird.
While I was lining up the picture, my wife warned me of a bug nearby. In my peripheral view, I saw something coming out of one of the rocks in the wall. Not from between rocks. Out of a rock. And the top of the rock had a lava like consistency to it.
The 'bug' jumped out onto the sidewalk where we were standing. With a better view, it was really more like a long skinny salamander/lizard and it hopped up and down on its hind legs and tried to cling to my leg. It missed the first time and I tried to swat it away but it latched on with all four legs wrapped around my calf and it's full body stuck to my leg.
I reached down and stuck a finger in between it and my leg to try and pry it off. I felt something pierce the tip of my finger and then I woke up.
Now that I read about your nightmare I think that weird bird ended up in Morrissey's box meal.