When I was 7 my cousins told me that vampires lived in Albany, which is the capital state of NY. Since we live in NYC I thought they would one day come and get me, so I slept with a shirt tied around my neck for years.I grew out of this fear around the age of 12. Thanks Guys!
A childhood belief about vampires

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that if you slept with the covers covering your neck, vampires couldn't bite you. — Moot
- I used to believe that Paris was the capital of London and Italy was the capital of France.Anon
- I was sure that Adelaide (where I lived) was the capital of Australia because they both started with
"A"— fiona - I used to believe that Haggis grew on trees, cause my dad tied one to a branch in the garden— Lynne
- I used to believe that America was a state near the one I live in.Anon
- I grew up in Hawaii, and was pretty sure that our country, the United States, was the fiftieth stateAnon