When I was a kid, I slept with my fists balled up because I thought if I didn't, E.T. would eat my fingers.
A childhood belief about under my bed

others believed things like this
- When I was little I used to believe that boxers fight only fists into fists.
— Ana - I used to believed that when I went to sleep my heart took a rest too, and didn't pump at all while I slept.— Lara
- I thought your fingers would grow back if they got cut off— Nate
- Whenever my fingers wrinkled from staying in the pool too long, I thought I was aging faster.— The Mortal Elf
- I thought all the teachers slept at school.— Ryan
- When I was little, I thought that if I slept with socks on, my toes would grow together.— Laura