When I was young I watched a movie about a mummy that (of course) came to life and attacked people. There was a scene where some innocent was passing a doorway and the mummy surprised the passerby and attacked. I was a very big kid when I finally overcame the fear of being attacked by a mummy everytime I passed a darkened room.
A childhood belief about monsters

others believed things like this
- i used to think that my dad got my mom [mummy] from egypt.. when i was like 7— ...
- When I saw my grand mother was very old I used to believe an Egyptian mummy!!!!
— Eomer83 - but my aunt used to tell me that if i eat too many noodles, i wud turn into a mummy when i died Anon
- I used to think a female daddy-long-legs was called a "mummy-long-legs".Anon
- when i was little i believed that when we watched a movie people had to act the movie all over a gen.
— Emmer - No passing zones on the highway. How come we just kep passing those signs? — Colleen