I used to think that vampires hid in my room, waiting for me to fall asleep, and the only reason I never got bitten was that my blankies were magical -- I'd wrap them around my throat before drifting off, knowing that the vamps couldn't bite through them!
A childhood belief about vampires

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that if you slept with the covers covering your neck, vampires couldn't bite you. — Moot
- that there was a sharp toothed snail inside my nose, waiting to bite my finger off— diana
- When I was a child i used to believe that if i did not fall asleep an elf would come for me Anon
- I used to think that when my arm would fall asleep that it was raining inside my armAnon
- when i was a kid, i used to think that if i didn't fall asleep, morning wouldn't comeAnon
- Whwn I was about 6 I used to think that if a crow bit you you would fall asleep for 100 years!— Lisa