I heard our renter scream when she came into her room and saw a big, dark shadow on her ceiling. I thought it was the boogie man coming to get us. So I never went back to that room again! (I later was told it was a leak)
A childhood belief about monsters
others believed things like this
- When I was younger I used to believe that the darker your skin was, the dark your shadow would be.— Mary S.
- I thought the song Shattered Dreams was acutaly "Shadow Dreams" and wondered what shadow dreams were— Golgademon
- My brother used to believe that ceiling fans were helicopters flipped upsidedown and stuck in the ceiling.— Seven
- I used to believe that the "Employees Only" room in the back of the store was where the employees lived. — KewlKid
- My grandma told me and my sisters that the boogie man lived in her basement and if we cried he would get us.— Paulette
- When i was about 3 or 4 i thought Gene Simmons was the Boogie Man.— miss13