I used to be afraid of mirrors because I thought that a ghost or demon or ghoul or other scary thing would jump out of it and get me if I stared into it long enough especially when it was nighttime.
A childhood belief about mirrors

others believed things like this
- i used to think if you stared long enough at the sun (until it looked blue) you could kill it— sean
- I used to think that if I stared at the sun for a long time, I could make day turn to night.— Big J
- My little brother was afraid of toliets cuz he thought monkeys would jump out of his butt.— ~~~ Crazy Bro ~~~
- I'm scared of mirrors because I think that there are ghosts in mirrors— est
- I thought the Holy Ghost was the ghost of the Virgin Mary.— Texas granny
- I loved watching the cartoon Casper the Friendly Ghost and wondered why the Holy Ghost never got his own show.— Robert