My mother had to check under my bed with a brush to make sure that there were no lions hiding there. When in bed the door of the wardrobe had to be open so that it's mirror, which was on the outside, would not be facing me - I was afraid of something jumoping out of it when the light went off.
A childhood belief about in my closet

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that sea lions were actual lions that lived in the sea.Anon
- I used to believe that eating burnt toast would make your teeth whiter and would brush your teeth for you.— Natasha
- i used 2 believe when i left my closet door open at
night a skelleton would pop out and wave at me— bex - I thought if I left the door open too long, a dog would come from the cupboard in the washroom and eat me
Anon - I used to think that 'Child Locking' only worked on children and that older people could still open the door.— Anonymous Whistleblower
- My dad could change a traffic light from red to green using our garage door opener.Anon