When I was little, my father told me that every night there was this "sand man" that put sand in your eyes to get you sleepy. For years I really thought he came every night, specially because my eyes would actually feel as if they had sand...
A childhood belief about monsters

others believed things like this
- When i was 6 years old i had a dog named Sandy. And i thought she was made of Sand.— Billy Bob Joe
- When my daughter was 3, she saw a cat using a litter box. She thought it was building a sand castle.— Debbie the Bad Swimmer
- i used to think salt was made of sand— hibiscus
- in sting's / the police's song ''roxanne''. I thaught that it was ''rock sand''— wacko zacho
- I believed one of the greatest dangers you could face was quick sand. I was scared to death of it.Anon
- When I was little my friend told me that if you snease with your eyes open you eyes will fall out!Anon