My father had my nieces and nephews convinced that there was a crack monster in the basement and it was the one who made "THAT NOISE".
A childhood belief about basements

others believed things like this
- I used to believe a spider monster was in my basement— Kelly bulanek
- my gran tod me that rabbits made a noise that went "map map"— Lise
- I used to think that the wind that made a howling noise was a ghost.— Febi
- I used to believe that the sound of crickets at night was the noise the stars made when they sparkled. — Jane
- I used to think that the word blurb was a noise that people made when being sick. Bluuuggghhh.— Natasha
- Until I was about four and a bit my father had me convinced that Friesian cows were called "big cats".— Chris