fear of cut off or eaten toes if hanging off the bed at night?

Question

Why do alot of people have the fear that the boogie man or something of the sort is going to either chop or eat their toes off in the middle of the night if their blankets arnt covering them? iv heard of this happening to many people. Or if anything.. why do some people find it akward or uncomfortable and dont know why, almost leading it to fear of missing toes, but subconsciencely...

its nice to know im not the only one :) and i think everyone has their own little storys behind the somewhat same fear. Mine when i was a chile was my grandma and grandpa would hide in my closet and if my toes were hanging off and not covered they would come out and eat them! very odd.. and creepy. maybe for some reason i was always intimidated by them? or maybe it was something else.. ? idk

and my phobia really isnt that odd, its more common than you would think...

Answer 1

When my daughter was little she had recurrent nightmares that invisible alligators were under her bed and would bite at her fingers and toes.
I purchased a small spray bottle and filled it with H2O,a powerful invisible alligator repellent. Spraying thoroughly under her bed every night soon put those alligators to route!!!

Answer 2

Yes, This actually happened to me when I was young!
I was sleeping in my bead when I woke up to little gremlins nibbling on my toes and as soon as they saw me they ran away and I had blood all over the place!
2 toes were missing and I went to the hospital, When I got home my Dad said I was crazy for thinking there were gremlins in my room but, Could not explain the missing toes?
I finally got back to sleep and later on in the night I awoke to nibbling sounds and turned on the light and they were back!
More toes were gone and I could`nt believe I did`nt feel anything!
Again to the hospital and more bandages and medicine to stop the pain.
After all the excitement I was able to get back to sleep and finally woke up around 6am to look at my feet and there were no toes left! I cried and my parents came running and there was blood all over!
My toes were gone and I today have little plastic toes that help me walk.
We never caught the gremlins but, My little sister was just born and I`m sure they will be back, They love baby toes!
I now understand that if you keep your feet covered they cannot chew or nibble on your toes.

Answer 3

haha I do that... I always have since I was really young, so maybe thats why I still do it... when I was younger i had a night light, now I sleep in the complete dark... so covering my body and my feet feel like nothing can get in, and since im in the dark, it wont matter cuz nothing can come through the blanket! :)

Answer 4

I'm not sure about that one ma be just a thing i always have my feet well wrapped up in the quilts i used to have a thing about closet doors if they were lying a little open that would creep me out i always thought somethings in there :-)

Answer 5

haha i have a fear of that. i always have to have my blanket covering my feet, or else i think someone will chop my toes off. my friends think i'm crazy or something.

Answer 6

Just laugh at yourself and simply stop imagining... It's all in the brain, and there's no way that sort of thing'll happen anyway... Unless a real person comes inside your room when you're asleep at night

Answer 7

i honestly thought it was just me,i cant sit on the side of the bed especially at night,i have a horrible vision of something scuttling from under the bed and grabbing my ankles.i dont know the psychology behind this,but it good to know im not the only one!

Answer 8

I am afraid of an executioner coming along with his sharp ax in the night and cutting off anything that isn't covered.

Answer 9

I was told that masturbators' fingers and toes were the only ones at risk.

Answer 10

I wouldn't say it's many people. Your phobia is slightly odd.