when i was rather small, i had a nightmare about a man that lived in my basement workshop. for years i would not go down there by myself.
A childhood belief about basements

others believed things like this
- when i was little i used to believe that darth vador lived in my basement, and i was scared to go down there.— Jilli
- My sister told me that Fraggles lived in our basement. I used to sit down there forever so I could see them. — Suzie
- My grandma told me and my sisters that the boogie man lived in her basement and if we cried he would get us.— Paulette
- When i was small i used to think god lived on top of my house and the devil lived right underneath it.— Missuss D
- For years and years I believed that tuna must be really little fish because they came in such small cans!!— Gisela
- i used to think a small man named homer lived in my grandmother's freezer and made ice. — ana