i used to believe that if you slept with the closet door open that someone could jump out and kill you at any point during the night. to this day i sleep with the closet door closed.
A childhood belief about in my closet

others believed things like this
- i used 2 believe when i left my closet door open at
night a skelleton would pop out and wave at me— bex - I seriously used to believe that Bert from Sesame Street lived in my closet and that he was going to kill me.— Liz
- My sibs and I thought that the screen door was called the "scream door" so Mom could yell at us through it. — Kyle
- 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
- i used to believe that there was a pirate n my closet .— Natyyyy