when I was about 4 or 5, I saw a cartoon which involved lots of zombies lurching around dressed in rags, + some vampires looking very smart. I assumed that the zombies lived in the graves that said 'RIP', (because their clothes were ripped) + the vampires lived in the others.
A childhood belief about monsters

others believed things like this
- I used to believe a dead end sign meant there was a graveyard at the end of the street or zombies — Still Out There
- when i was small i use to believe my parents were vampires— marine student 4
- I used to believe that the people who take your blood at the doctor's office were vampires. — Andy
- I used to believe that if you slept with the covers covering your neck, vampires couldn't bite you. — Moot
- I used to believe that teachers lived in ufos at night and tha's why they dressed so weird.— llama queen
- i thought that if i dressed in my holly hobby doll's clothes, no one would be able to find me.— pikl