under my bed

After my evil parents MADE me go to bed every night, ALONE, upstairs in our OLD, creaky house, I used to believe that in order to stay alive I had to be a very brave little girl and follow these certain rules:

1st, eyeball the room very carefully, make sure the stuffed anims were not alive & breathing;
2nd, I had to talk to my stuffed anims really nicely to make sure they liked me and wouldn't suffocate me ("Cat's Eye") in my sleep;
3rd, I would crouch down and make sure no monsters were yet under my bed;
4th, (this all happened from the doorway) I shut off the liteswitch, then sprint to the bed (I memorized how many steps it took) and jumped into bed completely ingulfing my body in blankets. No skin could show except my nose to breathe. I knew the boogie man was under my bed at that point, until morning.
Good night!!

Boogie Man

My little sister always used to be scared of a man with a bald head peaking up over the side of the bed at night and had to wake me up because she was so scared.

GIRL WITH A WEIRD SISTER

That under the bed live lots of things with hands that would grab your ankle. I used to think that if you jump on to your bed from a distance the hands couldn't reach you. I still do this.

Emma

When I was little, my brother told me that an evil knight rode around cutting off hands and feet that were out of the covers. To this day i still sleep entirely covered up... :)

Jorn

I believed that a great white shark, like the one from Jaws, swam below the carpet at the foot of my bed. For years, I slept with my legs pulled tight to my chest. This way, if he decided to jump up and devour my bed, my legs would be intact and I could run for help.

Bullwinkle

i always thought that there was a creature living under my bed that you could never see. i always said my prayers at night and would kneel down by the side of my bed, until i thought that the monster would grab you by the legs , pull you under and eat you alive! so instead of kneeling by the bed i would kneel on the bed because i was sure that it could not reach me from there...i just recently noticed that it wasn't true but i still have my doubts!!!!

shadow creatures!!!!

when i was young, i used to beleive that spiders and insects couldn't get to you at night if you kept both arms and legs on the bed all night.
even now, i don't let my legs hang over the edge.....especially in the dark

emma

When I was about six, I used to believe there was a snake under the quilt at the bottom of my bed. I used to sleep curled up so not to kick it. My dad (not knowing about this) hid a rubber spider at the bottom of my bed on night. When I touched it with my foot, I threw it across my bedroom and screamed my head off!!!

Liz

I was seven when my older sister took me to see Hellbound Hellraiser II. I remember being so terrified by that movie that I had nightmares for months. I used to think that Pinhead was under my bed at night waiting to take me to hell. To this day, I can't watch that movie without being a little frightened, and I've never forgiven my sister for making me watch it the first time.

m.

When I was around 5 years old, my parents went to the next door neighbors for the evening after putting me to bed. I snuck back out of bed and watched the "Trilogy of Terror" (Karen Black) in the television. The story with the little tiki doll so scared me, that until I was about 14 years old, I used to run and jump from the door onto my bed so it couldn't get me from under the bed. scary.

uranushertz

I used to believe that sharks would swim round my bed at nite so I had to completly wrap myself up in the covers so no skin was showing.As if a blankets gonna save you!!!
I also couldnt sleep being near the window with it open or shut as i thought the giants from the bfg would steal and eat me.

scared of the dark

I used to believe that there were these hands that would extend out from underneath my bed and try to take the sheets or comforter off of me while I was trying to go to sleep. I had many sleepless nights.

Noe

i used to believe that i had a baker under my bed.

roger rabbit

I used to believe I had to get my head under my bed covers quickly, or the 'wizard' will have caught me!

Sprite4n

i used to believe that there was a tiny world under my bed! it wasnt scary but i used to think there were little things like fairys!untill i relised there wasnt n e thing there!

melissa

i believed that a little man named spike lived under my bed and he had a pet rat.they only came out at night and roamed the streets looking for other rats to kill them.

alan davies

I used to believe there was a hippo under my bed and unless i didn't jump far enough away from the end of my bed, he'd grab my legs and drag me under!!

Sophie Lyon

My sister used to think that while she was sleeping whitches would come from under the bed and cut here bottom off .

bill

I used to believr that when I went to sleep at night, the bed bugs and dustmites would come and suck my blood. My brother said that they were under my pillow so I never put my hand under my pillow for years!

The Young Actor - age: 11