When I was five my big brother told me that a big fire ball came round every year. It rolled around the streets sucking people in and killing them. I believed him and was totally terrified. I'm 23 now and he still laughs about it today.
A childhood belief about monsters

others believed things like this
- I used to be terrified of fire-flys because I believed they would burn if they landed on me.— kevin
- my nana told my brother that if he continued sucking his thumb, it would turn into a matchstick. — tracy g
- my brother stopped me sucking my thumb by telling me the scissor man would come and cut it off
he was evilAnon - I totally believed my siblings when they told me the family was aliens and had a space ship in the garage.— cully
- When I was 5 years old, I used to believe Poland was snowy and cold all year round, like the North Pole. — Sara
- I used to beleive that cerial killers were cerial makers who went around killing people!— Jenny