When I was little, I sincerely believed that my dresser turned into a monster at night. So I devised a fool-proof plan to keep the monster from getting me: I would put my toy Smurf on my head as I slept, and then the monster would think I'm a moose and it wouldn't eat me. Sure enough, it worked. The dresser monster just sat there staring at me all night, but never once tried to eat me.
To this day, I still sleep a little bit sounder if I put my Smurf on my head...
A childhood belief about monsters

others believed things like this
- I thought the boogey monster was a monster that ate boogers at night in front of youAnon
- 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
- I Used To Believe The Monster Beverage/Energy Drink Was Monster Milk!— KellGirl
- When I was little I believed that a night a monster will came and kill me.❤️🥺— @natalia_rd_
- I used to believe that the head part of a shirt was a monster and that it would eat you.— Taliyah
- i used to be scared of under my bed and thought that my cat became a monster only at night.— sumayah