When I was little, I believed that a mask I once saw at my grandpa's house would come and eat me at night. For years I slept under the covers.
A childhood belief about monsters

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 if i took the covers off at night i would freeze to death.— RockerGirl
- i used to believe you slept for 100 hours every night.— skye-ness
- I used to think teachers lived at school, and slept there at night.— Stephanie
- I used to believe that the cows owned by my grandfather slept lying on the ground like a human at night.— Eric
- When i was little, i believed that if you slept with socks on, your feet would fall off.Anon