I grew up with my Aunts and Uncles, the two youngest were my age, when I was very young they told me the boogie man lived in the alley, at night of course, when I turned 8 years old, It was my turn to throw the trash, so I learned Karate, the Boogie man never can out to play...
A childhood belief about monsters

others believed things like this
- i used to think that my dad turned into the boogie monster at night if i picked my nose before i went to bed— hollie
- My grandma told me and my sisters that the boogie man lived in her basement and if we cried he would get us.— Paulette
- I used to beleive that if I picked my nose the boogie monster would visit me in the night + torture me— gingalinga
- I used to think that my dog was the "BOOGIE MONSER" because he would always go and sleep under my bed!— ChristieGirl
- When i was about 3 or 4 i thought Gene Simmons was the Boogie Man.— miss13
- I used to believe that the boogie man would come and get me if I didn't listen to my parents.Anon