I used to believe that if you slept without socks and for some reason uncovered your feet in the middle of the night, some weird creature would come and suck the blood out of my thumb :p
A childhood belief about under my bed

others believed things like this
- When i was little, i believed that if you slept with socks on, your feet would fall off.Anon
- I used to believe that if you didn't take your socks off at night your feet would turn into jellyAnon
- When I was little, my mom told me that if I slept with socks on they would eat me alive.— Cindy
- When I was little, I thought that if I slept with socks on, my toes would grow together.— Laura
- I wouldn't wear stripy socks because I used to believe the stripes dug into your feet— Shirley Reeves
- If you suck your thumb it would eventually go black, shrivel up and fall off.— Charlotte