When I was younger, I saw a show about scary places. This family had been decapitated in their sleep with an axe. I started sleeping with my covers up to my chin in hopes that if someone broke in with an axe, the blanket would stop them. I still pull the covers to my chin when I'm scared at night.
A childhood belief about people

others believed things like this
- I always had to sleep with my feet under the covers or else speed racer would drive over them.Anon
- If you held a buttercup under your chin and got a yellow reflection then you liked butter!— Tilly
- I used to believe that if i took the covers off at night i would freeze to death.— RockerGirl
- Since my father had a deep cleft in his chin, I thought he was growing a tiny buttocks out of his face.— Rick
- I used to believe that undercover cops hid under covers/sheets. — Holly
- I used to believe that if I farted in bed, a monster would pop out through the covers and tickle me.Anon