When I was about 4 yrs old I thought that if I was to hang my arms or legs off the edge of the bed when I slept, an aligator would bit them off.
A childhood belief about under my bed

others believed things like this
- I used to beleive that all pains were headaches. So for example, I had headaches in my stomach, legs and arms.— James
- I used to think the song "Hang on sloopy" was "hang on snoopy"— gina
- when i was little i always asked my mom if my aunt had ant legs or people legs.— kelly
- When I was younger, I thought I could run and fall off the edge of the earth. Anon
- I used to think a female daddy-long-legs was called a "mummy-long-legs".Anon
- I once thought that snakes had legs like a centipede.Anon