I managed to convince my younger brother when we were driving home one night, that the loose gravel being thrown up by the wheels was really a type of beetle that lived along the roadside, and was attracted to the headlights as we passed.
A childhood belief about creepy crawlies

others believed things like this
- My friend managed to convince a gulliable kid at various stages of school that he was superman and a robot.— naff
- I used to think that after you passed an off-ramp while driving on the freeeway, it disappeared.— Anonymous
- When I was younger, my cousin used to try to convince me that I was adopted and I sometimes believed it."Anon
- I used to look for an Indian along the roadside because of signs that stated
"watch for fallen rock"— pam petry - I used to think an evil spirit type thing called Wango lived in my dog. I was terrified of that dog.— Franklin
- i used to believe the moon was following our car while driving at night.— pixie