When I was little I used to think [like most kids] there were monsters under beds. Because of this whenever I went to bed or my parents room I would get all my stuffed animals and set them around the bottom of the bed as some sort of barrier against monsters.
A childhood belief about monsters

others believed things like this
- There ARE monsters under the bed but they won't eat you so long as you don"t get out of bed before 7am.— Sarah
- i used to believe that the basement had monsters in it.Anon
- I used to believe that all my stuffed animals would come to life at night.— Carrie
- I used to believe that stuffed animals had blood in them as well as stuffing. Anon
- I used to believe that after I cut my stuffed animals hair that it really grew back! — Kristy
- I used to believe that my stuffed animals would come alive at night to protect me.— Julie