I was never afraid of the Boogie Man as a child. Being a child of the 70's, I was well familiar with disco and I just figured he was someone who came into your room late at night dressed in sequins who wanted to dance with you.
A childhood belief about under my bed

others believed things like this
- When I was a child I used to be afraid of clowns because they used to have very big shoes— LIZA
- When I was a child I used to believe that the things in my room became smaller but it was me who was growingAnon
- i used to think that my dad turned into the boogie monster at night if i picked my nose before i went to bed— hollie
- I used to believe that I would never grow up, because I "wanted" to remain a child. Ha. That one fell throughAnon
- When I was a child, I believed that Stuart Little was real and I always wanted to have one. Anon
- I used to think the old BBC logo that was on one of my videos as a child was evil and wanted me to be dead.— tanukibear