When I was little I was convinced that if I went to sleep with my feet sticking out from my cover, then if a murderer came into the house and saw them he would kill me. For some reason, I decided that murderers were bound to break in one day. I still can't sleep without my feet tucked under!
A childhood belief about criminals

others believed things like this
- I always had to sleep with my feet under the covers or else speed racer would drive over them.Anon
- My dad told me that the reason feet were stinky was because they grew out of your butt.— Veronika
- I used to only sleep on my back because I thought I would break my ribs if I slept on my stomach.— Molly
- I used to believe Serial killers would break into your house and stab/'kill' your cereal.— mary
- My dad told me that the reason Birds didn't get electrocuted on overhead wire was they had rubber feet!!— Derricki
- When I got my feet measured by the electronic machine, I thought that the machine will squash my feet!— Helen