When I was little I used to believe that there was a sand man. And he was a big shadow on the walls and could turn into sand and crawl through the crack under my door. I would always close my eyes tight at night in fear that he would come and get me.
A childhood belief about monsters

others believed things like this
- i used to think salt was made of sand— hibiscus
- When my daughter was 3, she saw a cat using a litter box. She thought it was building a sand castle.— Debbie the Bad Swimmer
- When i was 6 years old i had a dog named Sandy. And i thought she was made of Sand.— Billy Bob Joe
- in sting's / the police's song ''roxanne''. I thaught that it was ''rock sand''— wacko zacho
- I believed one of the greatest dangers you could face was quick sand. I was scared to death of it.Anon
- I believed God lived in a specific crack in one of the walls of my church — Blake