Growing up in Southern Louisiana my siblings, cousins, and I always heard stories about different types of animals that would come get you if you wouldn't go to sleep (mostly at my grandpas). well i have a cousin who is 6 months younger than me and we would always wake up the other one if we had to go to the bathrrom or somethin so that the "betiis" (pronounced bay-ties) wouldn't come get us!
A childhood belief about under my bed

others believed things like this
- I thought that my parents chose my cousins, and was upset when my mother wouldn't let me add one.Anon
- when I was about 7 I thought that aliens hid under my bed. I wouldn'd sleep in my bed for a whole year!— *Rachel*
- when i was small, i thought if i don't sleep then morning wouldn't come..— lily
- When I was younger, I wanted to marry Willie Nelson so I wouldn't have to change my name.— stacy
- I didn't know Reindeer existed, I thought they were just christmas animals for storiesAnon
- I used to believe that my toys would wake up when I went to sleep, and would play by themselves.Anon