When we were kids, my brother and I used to play outside after dark at evenings. My mom used to say that if we didn't come in, would "hands anf teeth" or "hender og tenner" in Norwegian come and take us away! for many years I thought that "hender og tenner" was something scary that was in the forest.. It was really scary...
A childhood belief about monsters

others believed things like this
- I thought the Til Tuesday song said "Books are scary!", rather than "Voices Carry"Anon
- I used to believe that unless you got married, you had to become a nun! Scary!Anon
- i used to belive dieing was scary!!!Anon
- I used to believe that Marilyn Manson was a extremely scary woman!— Tim_NOrway
- Until I was around 8 or 9 years old, I thought dentists took your teeth out and replaced them with new teeth.— Verapamilo
- I used to believe that a morman was a scary person who lived underground(actually called a moleman).— Mike