My best friend, Tana, to this day swears on her life that the fae folk stole things of hers...sometimes merely hiding them underneath her bed.
I say "why not?"
A childhood belief about fairies

others believed things like this
- To this day my friend (he's 17) swears that chipmunks are baby squirrels.— Liz
- I used to believe the toot fairy stole your money.
-Dante-— Dante - I used to beleieve (when VERY young; 12 actually!) that cat burglars stole cats!— Woody
- I used to think that Father Christmas stole toys from Smyths.— Shovel Tem
- When I was really little i thought serial killers were people who stole your cereal.Anon
- From the ages of 4-10 (I'm 10) I thought a "Cat Burgler" was a person who stole cats.— MarkoPolo5000