I was terrified of shop dummies or mannequins. I was convinced they were moving behind my back and that every time I turned around they'd get closer and eventually kill me. But then I couldn't look them in the eye either. I had to make sure I was facing them, but with my eyes averted.
A childhood belief about going shopping
others believed things like this
- When I was about 4 and I saw the clouds moving sideways, I thought that Earth was moving closer to the Sun— Helen
- I used to be terrified of the numbers 18 and 19. I think I thought that when you turned 18 or 19, you die.— Emmy
- a friend was convinced that his school was an asylum, and couldn't be convinced otherwiseAnon
- I can remember thinking that is I hid my eyes, and couldn't see anybody that they couldn't see me.Anon
- My dad he used to tell me that mannequins were actually people who had been frozen.— Alecia
- I used to think that mannequins were real people who had been beheaded. Creepy thought....
Anon