I believed if I went out alone after dark, the bogieman would come out of the bushes in front of our house and stuff me in a sack and beat the sack with a big stick. My older brother told me this.
A childhood belief about monsters
others believed things like this
- I used to believe getting the sack involved being put into a cloth sack.— Wangchuk
- At the age of about 5, I thought that any man carrying a bag/sack over his shoulder was a burglar.— Police officer, Ola.
- My older brother told me that everytime you sneezed your lungs would bleed. I believed this until I was 21!— Gem
- My brother told me that I would turn into a boy when I got older. It made me cry.— Sarah
- I used to eat doggy chocs until my older brother told me that if I did I would have puppies.— EG
- my brother (10) still believes that if you stick your finger to far up your nose you can touch your brainAnon