My dad used to tell me that the tails of lizards would detach on its own and wriggle into humans' ears as and when they wish to. That really freaked me out. Even till now, I'd sleep with my ears covered. Haha!

Shufen

i used to belief that pigs and sheep hid in my wardrobe at night to scare me

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For the longest time I thought that unicorns had simply become extinct...that is until I mentioned it in my freshman year..at university...in a lecture.

Beth

When I was a child we had rats in our attic that always did alot of scurrying around at night. I would lie in bed and think that they must be playing baseball up there. Because it sounded like they were running the bases. I imagined them with little miniature caps and gloves and bats. I had a vivid imagination.

Anon

When I was little I didn't like moths, they were annoying and ugly. Then I heard this story~
One day all the little angels in the sky were sad, so sad that they were crying, they wanted to make a beautiful rainbow for the people on earth but didn't know how to color it.
On this very same day the very vain, and beautiful butterflies were hosting a family reunion, all the butterflies invited their cousins, the moths, who were even more beautiful and colorful than the butterflies.
The angels decided to call upon the butterflies with the suggestion that perhaps if they only gave up a little color each they could make their rainbow. The butterflies being vain as they were adman refused and laughed hautily at the sad little cherubs. But the moths were kind creatures and decided that if they gave up every last drop of color, they would be able to make a rainbow for the angels and the people of earth.
And so they did, and the rainbow was as beautiful as the moths were on the inside.

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I used to believe that lions married tigers.

Anon

When I was a kid one old lady used to take care of me when my mom was working.
She moeved in my neighbourhood to live with her son and his family,but before she lived on a village.
So she sometimes talked about her life there(what was very amuzing for a 3 year old) and about all the animals she had.
The story that impresed me the most was about foxes,who came on dark nights to steal her chickens. She did't know that foxes for me were terrible blood thirsty creatures with creepy eyes.
Foxes became my biggest fear. I saw them on the edge of my bed,stearing at me,in the basement where I had to keep my bike,and everywhere in the apartment when I was alone at home.

Today foxes are one of my fav animals.
And I can never see what was so scary about them.

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When I was three I used to believe that cow and horse are wife and husband.

xenia

I used to think that snake bites just meant that the snake was justcoming back to eat u completely...unless u hid under ur covers at night

kyky

I used to think that snarled trees were giant snakes wanting to come in and...sleep in my bed. Once i swore i saw 2 green lights and 2 red i still se them on nights when its cold,raining,and anything would be DYING to come inside...

Kyky

I was convinced by my loving brother that Ivory soap was made from elephant tusks. Because of this I yelled at my mother for trying to buy it one day at the grocery store. She was not pleased

myltlstrwbry

i used to think that if you picked a glass fish up and dropped it that it would break into a bunch of pieces.(:

jam

I believed that dinosaurs still exsisted in this big pond by where I lived, so when I was younger I would always tell my mom to take me there... and I would see like a cup in the water and be like..."look mom there's one!" and should would say..."I dont see it!" and I would say..." well you can't see them with your eyes...you have to look with your heart!" i guess its kind of cute..but its funny.

Nicole

i uest to believe that ticks could get on me and suck all my blood out my body. (thanks to my neighbor telling me a scary story)

Jatoiya

I used to believe that water rats came out at 7pm and would attack me. I went home at 6:55pm for a long time as a kid.

Anon

I used to believe that fish were actually aliens that need water to live and pet turtles were actually the teanage mutant nija tutles in diskise!

Amanda Huggenkis

I used to believe that bears lived like humans do, because I used to think that their caves were filled with furniture.

Sam

I once belived that animals were actually people dressed up in furry clothing...but then I wondered about the birds and the rodents...I WANNA FLY AND SPREAD DEADLY DISEASES! D: so unfair...

Saya Himitsuzuki-manga artist

When I was a little girl we had a pediatrician named Dr. Chua. My brother called her Dr. Chew-A-Bone. Because of this I pictured my doctor as a large St. Bernard in a lab coat! I believed she was dog!

Mal

i used to believe in evil demon rats that were like the size of a microwave and had red eyes. my brother told me they hid under the couch and if i got too close they would eat me

morgan