I used to believe that any items in my bedroom - such as scarves, string, long sleeved jumpers etc - were possessed with an evil intelligence that awoke as soon as the lights went out and would strangle me in the night if I didn't tie them in knots. I finally stamped on this belief when I left home to live with my (now) husband when I was twenty !
A childhood belief about monsters
others believed things like this
- When I was younger, I used to believe that the boogey man would tie my hair in knots at night.— Jasmine
- that blackouts were caused by evil monkey's turning off all the lights.— key
- I used to believe that if I swallowed chewing gum, it would wrap around my heart and strangle me— "Tusitala"
- I believed that I had invented reef knots.— Phil
- i used to believe that the green arrows on the traffic lights told you which way you had to go to get home.— Helen
- .. the knots in wood would turn into dinosaurs. I was petrified of pine cladding.Anon