I used to believe that my stuff Mickey toy was alive and that it would attack me whenever I stared at it. So I put it in the storeroom! Finally it was transferred to my Aunt's house and I felt suprisingly comforted, even playing (and staring) at it.
A childhood belief about toys

others believed things like this
- I USED TO BELIEVE THAT IF YOU STARED AT A PERSON, THEY COULD NOT TELL YOU WERE STARING AT THEM. PRETTY STUPIDAnon
- I thought that "slipping someone the Mickey" had something to do with Mickey Mouse— stymie
- When my favorite Uncle died, I thought if I stared at him in his coffin he would open his eyes and be alive.— Cindy
- I used to think that robbers had keys to every house and that's how they got in to take your stuff— Emma
- When I was little I wanted to go to Disneyland as soon as I could, before Mickey Mouse died.— Mary
- Someone I know IRL used to believe that Goofy (Mickey Mouse's friend) was a walrusAnon