When I was a kid, my mom's friends used to tell me that there was a monster in the basement and I was to never ever go down there. I visualized this huge, purple, muppet-type creature covered in fur with yellow fangs and ginormous claws. I was never afraid of anything ever as a child, but I was absolutely petrified to go into that basement. I must have been about 5 and I still remember how real that belief was! Now I'm pretty sure that the grown-ups were smoking weed down there!
A childhood belief about monsters
others believed things like this
- I used to believe a spider monster was in my basement— Kelly bulanek
- i used to believe that the basement had monsters in it.Anon
- when i was little i used to believe that darth vador lived in my basement, and i was scared to go down there.— Jilli
- My sister told me that Fraggles lived in our basement. I used to sit down there forever so I could see them. — Suzie
- My grandma told me and my sisters that the boogie man lived in her basement and if we cried he would get us.— Paulette
- I used to believe GPS stood for Ginormous Processing System. — Babre