When I was a little girl I believed that the green shaggy throw rug next to my bed was an alligator (but only at night when the lights were off)
A childhood belief about under my bed

others believed things like this
- i used to believe that the green arrows on the traffic lights told you which way you had to go to get home.— Helen
- i used to believe that red yellow and green meant "ready, set, Go!" on traffic lights..— cabagona
- I believed that traffic lights had police officers inside them, turning the lights on and off...— CrowHeart
- when i was little thought that ants changed traffic lights from green to red and vice versa.Anon
- I believed you had to color all the dinosaurs in coloring books green because all the dinosaurs WERE green.— Betty
- I used to believe that moths circled lights at night trying to find a way out of the world!— Diane D.