My brother told me that if i slept with my mouth open, spiders would crawl down my throat and spin webs. He said they'd spin so many i wouldn't be able to breath and i'd die. At this time i was very scared of spiders.
A childhood belief about creepy crawlies

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that if I slept with my mouth open that spiders would crawl in there and live in my stomachAnon
- I know this isnt a huge funny belief, but I used to think that all spiders were poisonous. I love spiders now!— Sammy
- I used to believe that spiders were actualy miniature living versions of my brother.— ***PuNk
- I used to think that if I ate a Wunderbar chocolate bar, I could spin around and become Wonder Woman. — Miss Naive
- I used to believe the tv serie "Doctor Who" was a spin off from James Bond... (until I saw an episode)Anon
- when i was young i thought that a giant made the world slowly spin!— ~kassie~