There's this coffee house in Knoxville, Tennessee that I've gone to with my mother since I was little. It had a huge deck out back, and there was another little part down some steps. I remember some Gothic girls telling me that there were "bad people" under the stairs, so don't go under them.
I feared the space under the stairs, and avoided that part completely. Even now, I'm still a bit hesitant to walk near there.
A childhood belief about criminals
others believed things like this
- when I was little my uncle told me he was part bear. I believed people could be part bear until I was twelve. — Audrey
- I used to believe you could walk on clouds. And you would be able to walk in space on the edge of the world.— Alex
- I used to believe I could fly when I was about four, until I fell down the stairs.— Sarah
- I used to think you could die if you jumped half way down the stairs. Anon
- I used to believe that if I went down the stairs slowly a red eyed skeleton would come and run after me.— Melly2bee
- I used to believe that it was the law to hold the railing when you're walking down/up stairs— Brit