When I was about 6, I went through a phase of thinking that a giant wanted to kill me. I would lay in my bed and I could hear the giant's footsteps walking up the hill to our house. I would jump out of bed and peep through the curtains to see him, but of course, he was too quick for me and would hide.
When I got back into bed, it would start all over again, only he would be walking faster and faster and eventually running to get me. I really had trouble sleeping for a while because of this giant.
I don't remember how long it went on for, but I eventually realised that it was only my heart that I could hear as my ear was pressed tight against the pillow, my heartbeat getting faster and faster the more scared I became.
A childhood belief about monsters
others believed things like this
- i used to think that the faster you go in your car, the faster the car radio went.— Matt
- I remember thinking that non-English speakers were much smarter because they could speak "so much faster." Anon
- At nights, when I have trouble sleeping, I used to hear large footsteps - something like the Godzilla.— John
- Whenever my fingers wrinkled from staying in the pool too long, I thought I was aging faster.— The Mortal Elf
- We used to think that if you ran swinging your arms around, you would run faster. — Christine
- Red shoes make you run faster. — Ann B.