I used to believe (due to playful threats from my father) that an alligator lived under our couch cushions. Anytime we would wrestle around, he would stick my arms under the couch cushions and say that the alligator was going to eat me. I always sat in the floor.
A childhood belief about monsters

others believed things like this
- I used to believe Gatorade was made from alligator pee.Anon
- I used to believe that Steak was actually alligator meat. Anon
- I used to think gladiators were meant to be some sort of alligator.Anon
- I was pretty small when Nixon was President. I thought "Watergate" was a type of alligator.— Ginger
- I usied to believe that there were lobsters under my dads couch!!— Jessie
- I used to believe hat the news readers could see into my living room so i sed to undress behind the couch.— henri