As a child I was afraid of the dark and when turned off the light run away in fear of something grab me :v
A childhood belief about monsters

others believed things like this
- that the green traffic light turned blue when it was off— Kriket Evens
- When I was a child, I had a fear of bagels. I thought they were stale doughnuts.Anon
- I was told as a child to eat the dark parts of a banana, because it was really brown sugar.Anon
- When I was a child I used to be afraid of clowns because they used to have very big shoes— LIZA
- I thought the lyrics to "Don't fear the reaper" were "Don't fear the reefer"— who new?
- When you saw a funeral go by, you had to grab a button on your shirt.Anon