Ok, I used to believe that the pine-needle pile in my backyard was a monster! My brother thought his leg was getting eaten when his leg sunk in. He lost his shoe and it was never found...
A childhood belief about monsters

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that porcupines were humongous pine trees that could hurt you.— Shelly
- i used to believe that everytime you hiccupped, your pine shot up an inch; making you taller— adria
- .. the knots in wood would turn into dinosaurs. I was petrified of pine cladding.Anon
- I thought the boogey monster was a monster that ate boogers at night in front of youAnon
- Once my brother said me, the poppy seed in fact is ant. I have not eaten poppy seed for many years.
Anon - when I was a kid I used to believe if I left the shoe facing the person would die— milena