I used to believe that if you stood by a window for too long at night than a werewolf/vampire/monster would reach through the window and kill you.
I never looked out a window for a long time.
A childhood belief about monsters

others believed things like this
- i used to believe that a elf familly lived on my window, long after a new my parents were Santa Claus— anna
- I knew lightning could come in through my bedroom window and kill me.
— Cyn - i used to think if you stared long enough at the sun (until it looked blue) you could kill it— sean
- My mom used to tell us kids that if you put your arm out of the car window,that it would fall off.— Kathy G.
- I used to believe that the moon lived on top of our house because I could always see it from the window.— Classic NYer
- When I was little I thought a widow was someone who stares at you through a windowAnon