there were little firemen under the bed that would chop off your hands & feet if they hung over the bed while you were asleep
A childhood belief about under my bed

others believed things like this
- I thought chicken's feet were witch's hands — Edward
- I used to believe that firemen drove around in their fire trucks and started fires. I wondered why.— Albert
- If you hung upsides down, your liver would turn over.Anon
- When I got my feet measured by the electronic machine, I thought that the machine will squash my feet!— Helen
- I used to believe that when you died no matter what your tongue hung out the side of your mouth. Anon
- I used to think that a clown lived under my bed and tried to eat me while i was asleepAnon