When i was about five i slept in my own bunk bed, on the top bunk of course.
One night my mum came into the room to find me screaming about a witch, i was lying on the floor crying.
I remember a witch flying into my bedroom & grabbing me by the wrist & trying to take me away on her broom. She was green & had warts...just like on TV. When my mum turned the light on she dropped me on the floor & flew out the window quickly!
Mum assured me it was just a dream, but 2 days later my arm & wrist was all bruised! I was convinced it was where the witch had grabbed me! ( i guess i probably fell out of my bunk after having a nightmare & fell on my arm?)
But for years i belived witches flew around at night snatching children from thier beds...i belived this well into my teens! I never slept with the window open.
A childhood belief about witches
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