When I was very young(about 6) I used to sneek out my window and play in the fields behind my house. To stop me my mother pointed to the wind blowing through the trees and told that was "The Wind Monster" I never snuck out again.
A childhood belief about monsters

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that the wind was caused by trees so you could stop the wind by getting rid of trees.— Nira
- i used to believe that if i looked at trees, the wind would start blowing. Anon
- I used to believe that trees made the wind, but its the wind that blew the trees!— victoria
- when I was very young, I used to beleive that the leaves rustling in the trees made the wind blow— Ellona
- My dad told me that when he was little, he thought the trees waved back and forth to make the wind blow.— casey
- i used to believe trees made the windAnon