My closet used to be connected to a set of stairs to the attic, and I was afraid that the attic monsters would come down and get me while I slept - so my mom got me a stuffed spider on a stick and christened it the "monster bopper". I never felt scared when I had it in the bed with me.
A childhood belief about monsters

others believed things like this
- i used to believe that a mortgage was a big pirates chest that my mom and dad used to keep in the attic. — lou
- I used to think that a family of evil bears lived in my grandparent's attic.— jasonchic
- i used to believe that edward scissorhands lived in our family friend's attic.Anon
- When I was a child, I used to believe that the school attic was full of ghosts and elfs.— Lia
- Once I thought these two teenagers who used to wash my mums car lived in our attic. Hahaha!— Roxanne
- I used to believe candy floss were a pink spider web around a stick so I didn't want to eat any. 🍭🕷🕸— Agate