To stop me disappearing into a field on the way to school my Mum told me once that there was an evil man living there who boiled up little girls and ate them for his tea. For years I was always wary of that area and still feel a bit queasy about walking that field!
A childhood belief about monsters
others believed things like this
- I used to think Kenny Rogers had 400 children and a crop in the field. Rather than 4 hungry children.Anon
- When I was younger I used to believe that when I hit an object they would feel pain like they were living.— Alice
- We were told at school by the evil dinner ladies that apple pips contained arsenic.....Anon
- I used to believe that tapioca was made from boiled used kleenex.— Abby
- In first grade a boy told me that he could see girls naked with his microscope lens. I beleived it for years.— Jeanette
- I somehow got the idea that if I boiled a rock, it would come to life. My dad disproved that...Anon