I used to believe that the devil lived in my heater because the coils inside would turn red when the heat was going. It scared me to death because it was right by my bed.
A childhood belief about around the house

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that "Earwigs lived in your ears", scared
me to death for years.— Will Chapman - I believed they put heated coils in lakes for the ducks to swim in the wintertime.Anon
- When i was small i used to think god lived on top of my house and the devil lived right underneath it.— Missuss D
- I used to think that if you were scared "half to death" that you only had one scare left before you died.— Bush Hiddenofsky
- i used to believe that the sun was a big heater spining around— rasverone
- I believed one of the greatest dangers you could face was quick sand. I was scared to death of it.Anon