Thanks to "The Lion King" movie I watched as a young child, I was very afraid to sleep because I believed that there were hyenas hiding under my bed. I would throw stuff under the bed so they wouldn't attack me, but i was still scared that they could be hiding somewhere else in my room.
A childhood belief about monsters

others believed things like this
- When I was a child and the wind blew strong I used to believe that someone was hiding under the bed.— FER
- when ever i ate broccoli i thaught the monkey from Lion King was in there— Simon
- when i was little i believed that when we watched a movie people had to act the movie all over a gen.
— Emmer - I used to think that the easter bunny was hiding behind my stuffed rabbits!— Jane Rom
- I grew up believing meerkats have human hands because I learned about meerkats from The Lion King.Anon
- for years i was afraid to throw up because i thought it meant i was possessed like in the exorcist.Anon