When I was young, my brother convinced me that if I didn't cover up my toes when I went to bed, the toe pirates would take them away from me. To this day, I cannot sleep with uncovered toes.
A childhood belief about monsters
others believed things like this
- i used to believe that peas were toes — DJ
- When I was little, I thought that if I slept with socks on, my toes would grow together.— Laura
- I used to belive that ballet dancers had flat toes, so when they put on their shoes they would fit right.— Jazzy
- When I was little, I had tiny toes and beleived that ducks mistook them for kernels of corn and eat them.— Seguin
- I remember being scared of the ocean for a while as a little kid. I thought lobsters would pinch my toes.— Flipper
- My father always told me that if I wore socks to bed I would grow hair inbetween my toes. Anon