My dad goes on trips a lot, and when I was younger, I didn't bother asking where. So when my older sister told me that he was a secret purple alien spy from Mars in disguise who visited his home planet on his trips, I believed her. I was scared of my dad for a week.
A childhood belief about monsters

others believed things like this
- On family road trips, my parents always told me that water towers were filled with chocolate.— Edith
- I used to belief sloths lived in trees outside my childhood home. My older sister told me so.Anon
- My older sister told me squirrels were poisonous, and I believed her until I was 9.— Jenni
- When I was younger, I used to think that barney was a giant purple and green puppy!Anon
- I thought the ball-headed person in the Bic logo was an alien and communicated using alien-like noises.Anon
- my dad once told my bother and i, that olives with pimento, were fish eyes. — jocelynn