I used to think that evil wolves lived in our basement at night, and also snakes. I always avoided going down there at night, and if I absolutely had to, I would dart down there, do what I needed to do, then run up the stairs because the wolves were chasing me.
A childhood belief about basements

others believed things like this
- Wolves lived under my bed when I was a kid.— ricolarno
- I would turn the lights off and then leg it up the stairs thinking a monster would be chasing me.Anon
- My parents always told me at night the sticks we had played with throughout the day turned into snakes.. — Sarahb
- I used to think teachers lived at school, and slept there at night.— Stephanie
- I used to believe that teachers lived in ufos at night and tha's why they dressed so weird.— llama queen
- when i was little i used to believe that darth vador lived in my basement, and i was scared to go down there.— Jilli