I used to believe there was a ventriloquist's dummy under my bed and the head would come out on its stick and bounce around my bed leering and laughing. I was also unable to go to sleep if the wardrobe door or a drawer was even slightly open as I believed this would let ghosts in.

jackie

I used to believe that there were mummies underneath my bed. One night when I was really young I was up late one night and was watching one of my favorite shows. The show had mummies in it and they just scared the living daylights out of me. From that night on I would always jump into bed, I wouldn't even walk next to my bed in broad daylight. I still don't like mummies.

Austin B.

I as long as I can remember I used to believe that there were snakes at the foot of my bed so I would sleep with my feet covered by my nightgown, my body curled in a ball so my feet would be covered. Even when I woke up with my knees aching from being bent for hours I wouldnt put my feet down into the foot of my blankets, not even after patting down the blankets with my hands to make sure that there really were no snakes. I just could not go to sleep with my legs straight and my feet at the foot of my bed. Also had to keep my arms under the covers and my ears covered to keep away the monsters and the gorilla and NEVER dangled any body parts over the side of the bed and I would turn off the light and run and jump into bed as fast as I could so the alligators under the bed would not get me. Had lots of nightmares as a child, I was a childhood mess. After seeing Psycho as an adult I could not take a shower for at least a year and never since, when home alone. Dont watch scary movies or read scary books if I can help it.

Trudy

After watching Little Monsters, that movie with Fred Savage, I was completely frightened of things that lived under the floor under my bed. I was so scared at night that I would run from the beginning of my bedroom door and jump half way across the floor to my bed. Once I would get in my bed I would cocoon myself in my blanket so that none of my body parts were able hang over the bed for the monsters to get!

Kaitlyn

I used to believe that evil horrible monsters with big gnashing teeth and yellow eyes lived under my bed. I used to dread going to sleep as I knew I had to turn out the light and successfully cross the room to my bed...I would peel back my covers run to the wall light switch turn it off then run quickly across the room taking a flying leap a metre from the bed whilst praying all the time they would not reach out and pull me under the bed. Once in the bed, the covers would be pulled over my head whilst saying the Our father and believing that with each line the long sinewy black arms that had wrapped themselves around me and the bed had somehow been controlled and pushed back under the bed...until next time!!

abigail, liverpool, uk

when i was around 4 i believed that a robot lived under my bed and as long as i kept the blankets over my head, it couldn't get me.

crumpet

I used to believe there was monsters(dracula,....) onder my bed and they were going to eat my tows.

Deborah, a French student in 8th grade

Ok this is when I was around 7 I believed that if I wasn't on my bed when I was in my room and it was dark someone would jump out and capture me. Like I had this lamp on a nightstand next to my bed and my light switch was by the door. Well every night I would walk into my room turn the light switch on and the lamp then turn the light switch back off jump into bed turn the lamp off then go to sleep. Except I wasn't afraid of the dark because I would spend hours in the attic which had no electricity at all on some nights.

Kai

One time I went to my friend's house to spend the night, and I showed her this sight of "true" ghost stories. One was that a girl, with a bunk bed, held a hand but it wasn't her sister's hand. Another was this girl claiming she saw long hair hanging outside the window. Well, that night, when we went to bed, we seriously laid awake for an hour or so scared that hair or a hand would come down from her top bunk. Finally we fell asleep. But to this day we still get scared about the hand and hair whether it's from the top bunk, a window, or just the plain darkness.

Luna

i used to believe that a snake lived along the bottom of my duvet and that if my feet poked out, it would bite them. to combat this i had the fold the duvet in around me like a cocoon. oh and big ted was the only person who could protect me in case the snake got in - i still sleep with him and i'm 27!

antiokas

I used to think that there was a factory where toys, who were alive, were tortured and torn apart by an evil talking dog who oversaw the operation. I didn't stop believing this until my mother forced me to clean underneath of my bed, and I didn't find him there. Ha!

Michelle

when I was about 7 I thought that aliens hid under my bed. I wouldn'd sleep in my bed for a whole year!

*Rachel*

my mom and dad had friends that lived down the street from us. they had a son who was about my age (3-5 at the time)and they would often come over to visit in the evening. around 8 or 9 pm they would put us to bed in my full size bed to sleep while they stayed to play cards. one night he told me that there were wolves underneath my bed and that if i let my feet or arms dangle they would bite me. to this day i cant let any of my body parts hang off the side of my bed.

lc

I used to believe that there was a black bear under my bed and if any limb hung over the bed he would eat it

Heather

When I was young, I used to believe that there was a bear behind my bed. My dad had to come and check before I entered my room.

Niki005

i used to think that if my eyes were still open when the light was turned off to go to sleep, i would be able to see monsters. i always tried to fall asleep facing a wall, just in case, and i still do to this day!

Anon

When I was a child I was convinced that there were very large and angry monsters under my bed but they could only come out if the lights were off and they could only get me if my feet were touching the ground. I was fine all day until it came time for bed, where I would have to turn off the lights and walk across the room to the bed. I was sure the monsters would get me during this brief time of darkness, so I devised all sorts of ways to get from the light switch to the bed without touching the floor. I normally just jumped to the bed but when my bed was moved farther away I would place an object in the middle, climb on that and then jump to the bed (it was usually a small step ladder). Sometimes I would climb on my dresser and nightstand to avoid touching the floor. To this day I still don't like crossing a dark room so I turn on a light next to the bed, turn off the main lights and then get into bed and shut off the light within reach.

May

when i was little my grandma told me that when she dies shes going to pull on my feet while im sleeping so i can know that its her.(freaky) i actually still believe it.

cindylor

That Michael Jackson from the 'Thriller' video lived under my bed and would sing. I also thought when that video came on my sisters would become zombies and i wuld hide in my bathroom.

Jaclyn