A childhood belief about aliens

Ever since I saw the previews for the anniversary DVD, i was terrified of E.T. Usually when I was in bed, my dad was asleep across the hall and had his television on. sometimes it had the beeps blocking out the curses and sometimes it made me think of E.T. I was afraid to get out of bed and tell my mom because I thought he was under the bed and ready to grab my ankles, drag me under the bed and kill me or at least burn my face with the light-up finger of his. I was afraid of watching the movie, listening to tv premieres, even going to universal studios and going on the bicycle ride or getting an e.t. pin.