I used to run up the basement stairs as fast as I could because I thought the boogeyman was going to get me.
A childhood belief about basements

others believed things like this
- I used to believe the boogeyman lived in my nose— Shelby
- i used to believe that the basement had monsters in it.Anon
- I used to believe a spider monster was in my basement— Kelly bulanek
- when i was little i used to believe that darth vador lived in my basement, and i was scared to go down there.— Jilli
- I used to believe I could fly when I was about four, until I fell down the stairs.— Sarah
- My sister told me that Fraggles lived in our basement. I used to sit down there forever so I could see them. — Suzie