I used to believe that when it was dark monsters would come out of their hiding places because they liked the dark because it made them strong where as the light made them not strong, which is why I was terrified of the dark, I used to arm myself with a toy sword.
A childhood belief about monsters

others believed things like this
- I belived carrots made you see in the dark Anon
- When I was a child and the wind blew strong I used to believe that someone was hiding under the bed.— FER
- I believed Popeye when he said spinach made him strong. Yuk Yuk Yuk— johnboy
- Dark brown Smarties were poisonous.Anon
- I used to believe if you read a book in the dark, you would go blind.— Ellen
- if you read the bible in the dark your eyes would pop out— chriistabelle