When I was young, I was once getting ready for a shower and there was a huge beetle in the tub. I screamed for my mom to kill it. She smashed it and washed it down the drain. I wouldn't get it unless she scrubbed the entire tub. From that day on, even after countless washes, I still believed that spot where the bug had been smashed, was contaminated. I would not step on that spot because I though I would get contaminated.
A childhood belief about creepy crawlies

others believed things like this
- When I was young I thought that a parking spot was a spot like a polka dot and not a space for a car.— Mina Tova
- i used to think honey came from smashed up bees— Sabrina
- i used to belive that if you smashed your hand in a roller your bones would be fine but your arm would be flat— rap masta cheseepuff
- I never used to take shower after going to the beach, because i thought that tans washed off right away.Anon
- I used to believe my dad could honk the car horn by pushing on a mysterious spot on the roof of the car.— sarah b
- when there is a spot where the sun only shines between 2 clowds god was takeing dead people up to heaven.— manda