He wore casual clothes. He was a little taller than me, perhaps six feet tall. I can't remember anything we said while I was in the dreamlike semiconscious state. I do believe that occasionally people confuse one experience for the other. It's very difficult to tell the difference in some cases.
Some people believe OBEs are poorly developed lucid dreams.
Others believe lucid dreams are poorly developed OBEs. Both types of lucid dreams occur only during sleep or the onslaught of sleep. Typical OBEs are initiated from a waking state, much like WILDs are, but some OBEs unexpectedly occur from a waking state. Some of these occur when the physical body is active, such as walking down the street. Lucid dreamers can consciously program their dream, whereas OBEers are usually passive observers.