My mother told me that the reason she woke up naked some mornings was because the clothes monster came at night and took all her clothes. Being a shrewd child, I figured that it accounted for the strange noises at night in their bedroom. I finally got it when I was about 10.
A childhood belief about monsters

others believed things like this
- I believe that there is a monster in the air vent and watches me when I put on my clothes— Blablabla
- My mother didn't want me outside at night so she told me i had to come in or else 'the night air would get me'— Dan
- I thought the boogey monster was a monster that ate boogers at night in front of youAnon
- i used to be scared of under my bed and thought that my cat became a monster only at night.— sumayah
- When I was little I believed that a night a monster will came and kill me.❤️🥺— @natalia_rd_
- I used to believe that my clothes were shrinking not that I was growing.— Joann