I don't know why but i thought that the evil things lived on the stairs.I would always open the door and reach my hand around to turn the light on without looking because that made them go away.I still reach round the door first from habit.
A childhood belief about monsters

others believed things like this
- My sibs and I thought that the screen door was called the "scream door" so Mom could yell at us through it. — Kyle
- I thought if I left the door open too long, a dog would come from the cupboard in the washroom and eat me
Anon - i used 2 believe when i left my closet door open at
night a skelleton would pop out and wave at me— bex - I used to think that 'Child Locking' only worked on children and that older people could still open the door.— Anonymous Whistleblower
- My dad could change a traffic light from red to green using our garage door opener.Anon
- --I thought if I swung hard enough in my swing i could possibly reach an airplane
— dusty chenille