I used to believe there were black panthers that lived under my bed. Since it was dark under my bed, they must have been black, the better to blend in. I thought they would swipe at my feet with their claws as I got into bed. When I would return from the potty in the middle of the night I would run all the way down the hall and leap into bed so they couldn't get me.
A childhood belief about under my bed

others believed things like this
- I used to think that panthers lived in our cupboard.— entertainer
- I thought black people were black because they drank chocolate milk. — Shelby
- When i was a child, i used to believe that when people ate black beans, they became black— Mar'ia Elena
- I used to believe that black people were black because they had so many frecles that they merged together.Anon
- I thought that old movies were black and white because the world was black and white then. — K
- I used to think the Black Country region in the UK was called that because everyone lived in darkness there.— K