I was afraid to be alone in the house when it was dark. I believed that a human skeleton would appear out of nowhere and strangle me. (I thought the skeleton was the creepiest thing on earth) I had a skeleton costume for Halloween, and as long as I was wearing that, I was not afraid.
A childhood belief about monsters
others believed things like this
- That a satchel was a skeleton, and I would have to wear a skeleton on my back for school!Anon
- My great grandmother died when I was 9. I didn't go to the funeral because I thought she'd be a skeleton. — Angela
- I used to believe that if I went down the stairs slowly a red eyed skeleton would come and run after me.— Melly2bee
- i used to think that coloured people had the same colour skeletonAnon
- I used to believe that when people died, their bodies would immediately turn in to a skeleton— fv
- I once believed that if I wore my Halloween costume to bed, I'd wake up as the actual thing.— Sarah