I was, and still am, deathly afraid of spiders. I wouldn't kill them because I was afraid that they may not have died and they would get their spider buddies and come after me in the middle of the night. I still refuse to kill a spider.
A childhood belief about creepy crawlies

others believed things like this
- When I was liitle, I used to believe that if a spider would bite me than I would become Spider-Man!!!— IronManxD
- I used to tape my mouth shut at night in case a spider would come along and make a web in my belly.Anon
- If you pull off the leg of a spider it will rainAnon
- I used to believe a spider monster was in my basement— Kelly bulanek
- Someone told my that rice was really spider eggs. I still don't look at it the same. Anon
- When I was 8 I thought a spider lived in the toilet and would bite me if I sat on it.— Mike