When I was a child I used to believe that when I turned the lights off before going to bed I needed to rush to go to bed before being caught by a monster.
A childhood belief about under my bed

others believed things like this
- I would turn the lights off and then leg it up the stairs thinking a monster would be chasing me.Anon
- I used to believe that there where little mice the the street lights that turned them on and off.Anon
- i used to think that my dad turned into the boogie monster at night if i picked my nose before i went to bed— hollie
- I believed that traffic lights had police officers inside them, turning the lights on and off...— CrowHeart
- when i was about 5-8 i used to believe that oompa loompas lived in traffic lights and controlled the lights!!— ~wierd ~
- I thought the boogey monster was a monster that ate boogers at night in front of youAnon