I used to be afraid to go up into the attic at night. We lived in this really old house and the steps had a board missing from it. I was convinced that a hand would reach out and grab me. This may have materialized from my mischievous older brother.
A childhood belief about monsters

others believed things like this
- i used to believe if i was in a plane, i'd be able to reach out, grab part of a cloud and eat it— BOXXXY
- I used to think that a family of evil bears lived in my grandparent's attic.— jasonchic
- i used to believe that edward scissorhands lived in our family friend's attic.Anon
- Once I thought these two teenagers who used to wash my mums car lived in our attic. Hahaha!— Roxanne
- I used to believe that a weegie board was some sort of surf board.— Missa
- I used to wonder that if man wanted to reach the stars in rockets, why didn't he just go up at night? Duh!!!— albinoavenger