I had some pajamas that had the little mermaid on them and My sister and brother used to tell me that it would come out of my pjs and eat me if i slept in them
A childhood belief about monsters

others believed things like this
- When I was little I used to think that my mom was a mermaid because she never went swimming with me— Martina
- I used to believe that if I wet my legs in the sea I would become a mermaid.
— andrea - I used to believe that i swam more than 2 hours I would become a mermaid.— M11cazares
- When I was young I used to believe if you died in the water, you'd become a mermaid.— stefanie
- I used to beleive that a mermaid would be singing to you when u listned to a shell. — vprincess
- When I was a kid, I use to believe, when I put salt in my bath water I will turn into a mermaid.— marletha