back when i watched carebears, i used to be scared to death of that one villian whose name escapes me, the ice guy. And I thought that if I couldn't see behind me, then he was most likely sneaking up on me and I felt much safer looking into a mirror because I could see he wasn't there.
A childhood belief about cartoons

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that "Earwigs lived in your ears", scared
me to death for years.— Will Chapman - I used to think that if you were scared "half to death" that you only had one scare left before you died.— Bush Hiddenofsky
- I believed one of the greatest dangers you could face was quick sand. I was scared to death of it.Anon
- Before I knew about death, I used to think people turned back into babies again after they got old. Anon
- when i was young i used to believe that my image on a mirror would come to life if i broke the mirror.Anon
- For the longest time I didn't know that Spinal Tap wasn't a real group. No wonder I couldn't find their music.— Louis