When I was a child, I used to believe that an evil spirit would attack me from behind when I turned out the lights.
A childhood belief about monsters

others believed things like this
- I used to think an evil spirit type thing called Wango lived in my dog. I was terrified of that dog.— Franklin
- that blackouts were caused by evil monkey's turning off all the lights.— key
- I used to believe that there where little mice the the street lights that turned them on and off.Anon
- I used to think the old BBC logo that was on one of my videos as a child was evil and wanted me to be dead.— tanukibear
- I believed that traffic lights had police officers inside them, turning the lights on and off...— CrowHeart
- when i was about 5-8 i used to believe that oompa loompas lived in traffic lights and controlled the lights!!— ~wierd ~