my daddy told me when i was real little that there were aligaters under my bed and that they would bite my feet if i got up at night so i never did for a long time and when it was time to potty train me i got spanked because i always wet the bed :(
A childhood belief about under my bed

others believed things like this
- I used to think that if I stared at the sun for a long time, I could make day turn to night.— Big J
- Mom told us that if we didn't eat every single bite of our veggies at dinner time, we'd get colon cancer.Anon
- One time my brother asked my mom why mosquitoes bite. She said it was because children are bad.— sue
- I used to think a female daddy-long-legs was called a "mummy-long-legs".Anon
- I used to believe that if I sat on the toilet too long a snake would come up and bite me.— Cheesemonkey
- I believed I could tap dance by moving my feet real fast. — Aussie