When I was 3 or so, I used to be afraid of the dust motes that you can see in the moonlight. I don't remember much of this, but I'd apparently wake my mom with bloodcurdling screams of "THE SPECK OF DUST IS GINNA GET ME!!!" and my mom would have to "beat up" the specks before I could go to sleep.
A childhood belief about around the house

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that the dust on top of doors was poisonous.— draconid
- What about "Another one buys a Datsun." You know, instead of "Another one bites the dust.— e-man
- I used to believe that the song "Another one bites the dust" was "Another one rides the bus"— Emmy
- I used to believe that the dust at the top of doors was highly poisonous and could kill you.Anon
- My mom called the dust under my bed kitties i believed there was kitties living under my bed.— Kathy
- I used to believe that my toys would wake up when I went to sleep, and would play by themselves.Anon