My mother would tell me that "The 10 o'clock Horses" come every night to make sure kids are asleep before 10 pm! Of course, i was too terrified to go sleep but always dropped off!
A childhood belief about monsters
others believed things like this
- When I was ten, I used to believe that the horses didn't sleep.— Jared
- My mother told me chewing gum was made from horses hooves!Anon
- When I was little I thought cows married horses, cows were all female and horses were all male. — Sheila
- I believed that the pictures on my nighties came alive at night and played in my room while i was asleep!!Anon
- 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 used to believe that there was an off switch to the ocean so that it could go to sleep at night.Anon