I was afraid of elephants due to the "Pink Elephants on Parade" dream sequence from Dumbo. When ever it was time for bed, I was afraid that the pink elephants would come and take me away. To get me to fall asleep, my father would spray "Pink Elephant Repellant" all over my room, rendering it safe for 24 hours from all packaderms.
I slept like a dream, but for over 3 months we had this ritual of the spraying.
Come to find out - it was Aquanet Hairspray, and yes, things in my room were very sticky!!
A childhood belief about monsters
others believed things like this
- i knew that if you ate beets your urine would turn pink and i thought if it was pink, then you could drink it.— JP
- I thought pink lemonade came from pink lemons.Anon
- I used to believe cats ate dogs and mice ate elephants— lucien
- I thought that hippos were baby elephants— Gerna
- I used to believe that peanuts were a daily must to strengthen the memory like elephants — Qb Cheese
- I believed that 4 p.m. was pink, and 5 p.m. was blue. I don`t know why.— blue