i was about 5 years old. One time i was at Sonny's and i was crying. well, my mom got really mad and sayed that if i dont stop crying, this cheese grater that looked like a bird with a cage for a body, named The Crybaby Eater would come out and eat me and keep me in its cage forever for eeryone to see i was a crybaby. well, i stopped crying and believed that little tale till i was 10!!!!
A childhood belief about monsters

others believed things like this
- I used to think that when it rained, god was crying.
I'm not religious but i believed it.— Sally - I thought if 3 cards stopped at a 3-way stop sign then they had to stop forever until Christmas.Anon
- I used to believe that when it was raining, God was crying.— Marcus
- I used to believe that adults were incapable of crying.— Adrienne
- I used to belive that when it rained god was crying because I did something bad again— Alora
- When I was young I used to believe that when it is raining God is crying or washing dishes.Anon