i used to believe that there were gnomes (yes gnomes) in any room at my house when the lights were off. So when I went by a room with the lights off, i would run like the wind. I was also horrified of the dark. Beware of the GNOMES!!
A childhood belief about around the house

others believed things like this
- My parents said that gnomes tied knots in my hair while I was sleeping. I had insomnia for years.— Daria
- I believed that traffic lights had police officers inside them, turning the lights on and off...— CrowHeart
- when i was about 5-8 i used to believe that oompa loompas lived in traffic lights and controlled the lights!!— ~wierd ~
- i believed that if you farted too much in a room and you were to light a flame your house would blow up— the nuclear fart
- When I was little I thought that the street lights went out after everyone went to bed.— supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
- I used to believe that rainbows were lights that humans sent to the sky— Julia