For many years, I was scared to be upstairs in the dark because two murderers named Vinnie and Jack lived on the upstairs floor and were invisible except for when it was dark and I was upstairs. I thought everybody was out to get me back then...
A childhood belief about monsters
others believed things like this
- I used to believe that if you were naughty at school then you'd have to go upstairs and sit on your bed!— Eve
- Whenever I was upstairs on a bus, I didn't believe that it would fit under the bridge so I used to duck. — Dave, Lancashire
- That there was a zombie living behind the bathtub in the upstairs bathroom.Anon
- When i was a kid, i thought that the tv changed channels by dark magic.— Anna
- my best friend was so pale i thought she could glow in the dark— tattiebird
- Dark brown Smarties were poisonous.Anon