My brother convinced me that if I went into our kitchen at night, worms would bite my toenails off. I had nightmares about that well into my teens, and I still dream that my toes fall or rot off sometimes
A childhood belief about creepy crawlies
others believed things like this
- I used to believe that a dream catcher really made nightmares go away.
— WOLVERINEfLASH14 - I always thought that the gummy worms were real worms that had been mummified— The Ice Cream Sandwich Monster
- One time my brother asked my mom why mosquitoes bite. She said it was because children are bad.— sue
- I was convinced my cat was going to steal my money at night. Anon
- My brother once convinced me that the wind was "leftover hurricanes"— Tufty the Squirrel
- I watched a Michael Jackson music video with my brother, and we were convinced he was a woman.— Adrian