I used to crawl under my bed because I believed it was the only safe place to hide from Indians. I thought they would raid our house and kill my family, while riding horses in my bedroom. I think this logic was provoked by the movie "The Indian in the Cupboard".
Years later I found out I was part Native American... :\
A childhood belief about monsters

others believed things like this
- i used to believe i was native american because i was a native of america!!!— rachel
- When I was little, I always believed I was safe from the big bad wolf because I lived in a brick house.— Beth
- Because of Pocahontas, I grew up believing Native Americans noises sounded like English to Native Americans.Anon
- I knew lightning could come in through my bedroom window and kill me.
— Cyn - When I was little I thought cows married horses, cows were all female and horses were all male. — Sheila
- My brother believed that bacon(his favorite food) was from horses. — Jenn