I used to believe that if I could keep a worm alive long enough that it would eventually turn into a snake. Unfortunately for the worms, I always kept them in dry boxes.
A childhood belief about creepy crawlies

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that if I sat on the toilet too long a snake would come up and bite me.— Cheesemonkey
- I believed that linguini was made of tape worms and was scared to eat pasta for a long time!— Mojo!
- I always thought that the gummy worms were real worms that had been mummified— The Ice Cream Sandwich Monster
- I used to think that if you shone a flashlight beam onto a lightbulb long enough, it would eventually light.— Karen K
- When I was little I used to believe that the brown potato chips, you know the burnt ones, were worm infested.— Eric Rustman
- i used to think poo was a worm in me that ate leftovers that my tummy didnt want, that was full and left.— vanessa