when my brother was like 6, my older sister and i told him that if he didnt wear socks to bed this old man would come and eat your toes off. he believed us and wouldnt go near the egde of his bed at night and always worer socks. then my mom found out and grounded me and my sister..
A childhood belief about under my bed

others believed things like this
- My father always told me that if I wore socks to bed I would grow hair inbetween my toes. Anon
- When I was little, I thought that if I slept with socks on, my toes would grow together.— Laura
- I wouldn't wear stripy socks because I used to believe the stripes dug into your feet— Shirley Reeves
- I used to believe that if you didn't take your socks off at night your feet would turn into jellyAnon
- When I was younger, I thought my brother kept eating my dirty socks, and that's why his feet smelled.— Kail
- I always wondered why shepherds washed their socks by night. (correct lyric: watched their flocks)— MaggieNJ