When I was little I would never go down into the basement without being accompanied by other people, I thought the old toys would come alive and kill me.
A childhood belief about basements

others believed things like this
- I used to believe toys came alive at night.
Because I love toys, and I hoped be good friend with my toys.Anon - i used to beleive that my toys came alive when i went asleepAnon
- The first time I hear about a serial killer, I laughed. You can't kill cereal. It's not alive.Anon
- As a child I believed that cats, when they died, became owls and always accompanied you. — AdryLiz
- I used to believe that sunflowers would try to kill people by shooting poisonous seeds at people.— jen
- i found out that the people on tv were alive when i was eight.— mursem