When I was about 3 or 4 my older sister told me that there are these monsters that live in back yard and come up at night to eat short haired, redheaded little girls. Needless to say I didn't go outside at night for a very long time.
A childhood belief about monsters
others believed things like this
- My mother didn't want me outside at night so she told me i had to come in or else 'the night air would get me'— Dan
- Since the girls name Jackie is short for Jacqueline, I thought the boys name Jack was short for JackalAnon
- I used to think that if I stared at the sun for a long time, I could make day turn to night.— Big J
- I use to cover my head at night because I thought monsters would give me a bad hair cut while I was sleeping!— Amy
- I didn't quite grasp the concept of time zones, and thought that Chinese kids went to school at night.— Giselle
- I used to think the girls' name "Tina" was short for "Argentina".— Kristen