Until I was around 10, I used to believe that if you weren't sleeping at midnight, vampires would come and feed on you, and that was the reason why your parents told you to go to bed early - for your safety. One day, I gathered all my courage and waited till midnight, hidden under my covers, pretending to sleep, in the hope I would catch sight of the vampires at the window, checking if I was sleeping. Needless to say they didn't come. Night lost a lot of its magic that night.
A childhood belief about vampires

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that if you slept with the covers covering your neck, vampires couldn't bite you. — Moot
- I belived that santa came every night to se if i was sleeping— david
- I used to believe that towels were sleeping ghosts, and at night they would come out and get you— bajd
- when i was small i use to believe my parents were vampires— marine student 4
- I used to believe my dolls would come to life at night and have a party while i was sleeping. — phil(:
- I use to cover my head at night because I thought monsters would give me a bad hair cut while I was sleeping!— Amy