at my groandmother's houre there was always this wicker chest type thing that sat in the living room. you could see into it, but not very well, so whatever was in there just looked like shadows. for the longest time i beleived that a devil type creature lived in there, until i was about 8 and my curiosity got the better of me and a opened it.
A childhood belief about monsters

others believed things like this
- I used to think an evil spirit type thing called Wango lived in my dog. I was terrified of that dog.— Franklin
- I used to believe that a pigeon was a type of pigAnon
- I used to think giraffes were a type of horse— Crocotta1
- I used to believe the shadows on the moon were actually spacemen casting shadows on the ground.— Perry
- i used to think that if you picked your nose you could eat it because it was a type of chicken.— nutter
- I used to believe a mouse lemur was a type of a rodent.Anon