i used to believe that a band of evil little gnomes lived under my bed, and if any of my limbs were exposed (out of the covers) they would march up onto my bed and stick giant pins (that theycarried like spears) into my arm or foot. I think this started because my foot fell asleep one night (pins and needles) while I was dreaming...
A childhood belief about under my bed

others believed things like this
- Whenever I got pins and needles in my legs, I thought that woodlice where crawling around inside them!— squee
- I used to think you had to stick those pins that you stick in your hat through your scalp. That's weird.— Angela
- I used to believe bobby pins were named after my father.— Erin
- I used to belive that if i put my foot in my mouth, I would get foot-and-mouth illness— Emily Sathrota
- When i was little i used to think that my foot was a "naughty part" that no one else was supposed to see.Anon
- When I was little I was conviced if you said twinkee in a mirror 3 time a foot would appear. Anon