First off, loving the name - Smeghead. Anyway, Space Corp directive 1107.1 subsection b specifically states one can never dismiss strange and unusual events that happen to children.
All to easy to pass it off as childhood imagination - I saw weird stuff as a kid and it scared me beyond belief. I think that our innocence at a young age allows us glimpses into a world or worlds beyond our own. Once the innocence is lost, that's your lot mate