At the age of 6, i was told to take the rubbish out in the bin at night time. i was very scared because i was told that there was a boogeyman outside waiting for me. i used too chuck the rubbish next to the bin.
A childhood belief about ghosts

others believed things like this
- that when I growed up I would be a footballer but that was obviously rubbish as I can't play for toffee— Darren
- I used to believe the boogeyman lived in my nose— Shelby
- my brother used to believe that Ground Chuck meat was actually groundhog meat. Anon
- 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
- i used to be scared of under my bed and thought that my cat became a monster only at night.— sumayah
- My parents always told me at night the sticks we had played with throughout the day turned into snakes.. — Sarahb