When I was very small, around 2-4 years old, I had several night terrors that my parents night stand (to which I referred to as "The Box") came into my room, climbed onto my bed, and stared at me. Those night stands scared me till I was nearly ten years old.
A childhood belief about around the house

others believed things like this
- I used to think that if I stared at the sun for a long time, I could make day turn to night.— Big J
- I used to believe reindeer made it rain because for many years it rained on christmas eve night.Anon
- My mother didn't want me outside at night so she told me i had to come in or else 'the night air would get me'— Dan
- i used to be scared of under my bed and thought that my cat became a monster only at night.— sumayah
- When i was younger, i used to believe that the hanger in my room became a witch every night.— Laura
- I believed that the pictures on my nighties came alive at night and played in my room while i was asleep!!Anon