When I was a child I would never let my leg or foot dangle over the edge of the bed while I slept because I knew that the monster under the bed would grab it. As long as I kept all appendages under the almighty sheet, nothing could get me.
A childhood belief about monsters

others believed things like this
- When very little I completely believed the mascot for Lucky Charms was the Almighty God.— Brendan
- When I was a child, I used to believe that when we slept, we stopped breathing.Anon
- When I was a child, I used to believe that teachers never leave school and slept in the chairs.— Majo
- I used to believe that a "ghost-driver" was a car driving with a white sheet over it.— Nynke
- I used to belive that if i put my foot in my mouth, I would get foot-and-mouth illness— Emily Sathrota
- I thought the boogey monster was a monster that ate boogers at night in front of youAnon