2006-12-20 09:13:18 · 10 answers · asked by jammy.greeny@talk21.com 1 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Parenting
Yeah, but I was born long before you were thought of. My parents told me there was a bogey man in our back yard when I was about 4 yrs. old and that he would get me if I went too far from the house. Later in life I was told it was because there was an in ground swimming pool (didn't require fences then) and a hedgerow. On the other side of the hedges was a highway. They apparently were trying to keep me safe by instilling fear. It worked.
2006-12-20 09:18:56 · answer #1 · answered by Decoy Duck 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Heck yes!! We were told about La Llorona (Crying woman). She's like a Mexican version of Susan Smith. It a story about woman who was having an affair with this guy, but the guy didn't want kids. So she drowned her kids in the river, but afterwards the guy didn't want to be with her. So she went crazy and killed herself. Her ghost wanders around crying forever and taking and drowning children to replace the ones she killed. Our family used to tell us to watch out when we outside playing at night because if we went too far she would get us. Now I know it was just a way to keep us from running off and getting hurt, but jeez me, my bros and sis, and cousins had nightmares until we were 12!
2006-12-20 20:14:48 · answer #2 · answered by sassyali_1 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My dad would tell me stories about the bogey man, about how he never hit his putts for par. Always one over, poor guy.
2006-12-20 17:25:44 · answer #3 · answered by baklanchik 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes. My granny used to tell every kid in the family that he lived on the roof, and he would come and get you or something. I believed it was real for awhile.
2006-12-20 17:21:56 · answer #4 · answered by Annamarie 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes!!!!And I was always so afraid he was under my bed at night....so I would lay with my head under my covers until I was almost suffocated and eventually fall to sleep!
2006-12-20 17:43:59 · answer #5 · answered by dodlydink 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes but I had an older sibling who thaught it was funny to scare the poop out of me.
2006-12-20 17:15:40 · answer #6 · answered by TIA 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yep, mom did that to keep me from wandering out of bed @ night
2006-12-20 17:22:29 · answer #7 · answered by nanabooboo 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes
2006-12-20 17:54:39 · answer #8 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. And, oddly enough, I wasn't afraid of it.
2006-12-20 17:20:15 · answer #9 · answered by Phoenix, Wise Guru 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, and that's just dumb
2006-12-20 17:21:13 · answer #10 · answered by Hefeweizen 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋