I used to believe when I was younger that if you got hurt and you started bleeding, you would turn into a monster. So when my brother accidentally cut his thumb open with a knife, I started crying and screaming, "Mom! I don't want him to turn into a werewolf!"
A childhood belief about monsters

others believed things like this
- my nana told my brother that if he continued sucking his thumb, it would turn into a matchstick. — tracy g
- i thought that if you sucked yerr thumb long enough it would turn green. dont ask why! — jordan
- I would turn the lights off and then leg it up the stairs thinking a monster would be chasing me.Anon
- My mum told me that if you picked your nose and flicked it on the floor then it would turn into a monster!— MadMack
- i used to believe if i eat fish it would turn my stomach into a fishtank and make me turn into glass.Anon
- When I was young, I thought that when you turn the blinkers on in the car, it made the car turn.— Cassidy