I used to believe there was a giant squirrel that lived in my grandparents basement. I would only go down there with a lot of people.
A childhood belief about basements

others believed things like this
- i used to believe that a ghost lived under my bed and that a giant lived under our dining room table.— nameless
- when i was little i used to believe that darth vador lived in my basement, and i was scared to go down there.— Jilli
- My sister told me that Fraggles lived in our basement. I used to sit down there forever so I could see them. — Suzie
- My grandma told me and my sisters that the boogie man lived in her basement and if we cried he would get us.— Paulette
- My dad told me SPAM was made of Squirrel, Possum, and Mice YUM YUM — Suzanne
- That an undertow was a giant toe under the water that grabbed people and pulled them under.— mikita Jones