One night I couldn't sleep and I was playing in bed. My mom came in and yelled because it was 1:00am. She said if I wasn't asleep by 1:20 the pirhanas could come out from my closet and bite off my toes. I was so scared. I made sure I was never awake at 1:20 again!
A childhood belief about in my closet

others believed things like this
- I, to this day, believe that when I can't sleep at night it means I'm awake in someone else's dreams... — Turner
- I used to believe when I was 5 that I was special because I couldn't get to sleep until 11pm at night — Carrie
- I remember being scared of the ocean for a while as a little kid. I thought lobsters would pinch my toes.— Flipper
- I used to think that on day light savings time you had to stay up till 2:00am to change the clocks! — Sandy
- I used to think that dreams were events that really happened, I just couldn't remember them when I was awake.— Warren
- i used 2 believe when i left my closet door open at
night a skelleton would pop out and wave at me— bex