When I was very little, I used to go and sleep in my mom and dad's room with them all the time. My dad finally got sick of me sleeping with them every night so he told me that some little monsters had moved into my room and lived under my bed, and if I put my foot down on the floor at night they would cut off my big toe and eat it with some ketchup. I believed him until one night my brother had to sleep with me, because my aunt and uncle were sleeping in his room. I forgot to tell him about the monsters, and about screamed when I saw him get out of bed to go to the bathroom.
A childhood belief about monsters

others believed things like this
- I use to cover my head at night because I thought monsters would give me a bad hair cut while I was sleeping!— Amy
- I believed that the pictures on my nighties came alive at night and played in my room while i was asleep!!Anon
- i used to believe if i went to sleep monsters would get my family, so i thought i stayed up all the time— Luc Lemmel
- When i was younger, i used to believe that the hanger in my room became a witch every night.— Laura
- I belived that santa came every night to se if i was sleeping— david
- I used to believe that towels were sleeping ghosts, and at night they would come out and get you— bajd