After watching the orginal movie The Blob. I used to to go sleep curled in a ball in the middle of the bed so that when the Blob came I would have an equal chance to get away no matter which side of the bed it came from.
A childhood belief about under my bed

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that when you died no matter what your tongue hung out the side of your mouth. Anon
- I used to think that if a movie was advertised on the side of a bus, that meant it was really good. — Aretia
- I used to believe that the credits at the end of a movie was a list of people in that were watching it.— jon_
- I was told that if you sleep on your back you swallow your tongue...I have been sleeping on my side ever since— scotty la
- I used to believe that 7 times 12 was equal to 83 or 84, depending on the math problem.— Eric Swensen
- I used to think volleyball was actually called "ball-y ball"Anon