Most people are comforted by night lights, right? I used to be very terrified by nightmares when I was young, so my mother installed a night light by the side of my head.
At first, it comforted me. Somehow, though, I became convinced that an evil, female criminal lived inside of the night light. So whenever I slept, I would turn away from the night light, because I didn't want to provoke her.
A childhood belief about criminals
others believed things like this
- I always thought the song Blinded by the light went "Wrapped up like a dousche, another runner in the night"— Dawn
- 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
- When i was little i always thought there were little men inside the traffic lights changing the light— Kiley
- I used to think teachers lived at school, and slept there at night.— Stephanie
- I used to believe that if you didn't take your socks off at night your feet would turn into jellyAnon
- I used to believe that little men (or women) slept & went to work in every traffic light — Kelly bulanek