Once my older brother put red disclosing tablets in his mouth and chewed them, then ran down the drive in his long mac, this was accompanied with 'evil' looks to make me think he was a vampire. I actually believed him - the bastard. (I was watching 'Lost boys' a lot)
A childhood belief about vampires

others believed things like this
- i used to beleive that if you chewed gum it woul give you warts in your mouth my sister told me this— sunney jim of the pearl
- As a child I believed that cats, when they died, became owls and always accompanied you. — AdryLiz
- I used to believe that if I chewed on one side of my mouth too much the other side would get jealous.Anon
- My older brother used to tell me if you ate raw potatoes your teeth would grow long and curly!— Lauren
- When I was a kid, I used to think that tablets were sweets for grown-ups Anon
- I use to think that alka seltzer tablets were instant 7UP soda until one day I tested my belief. — aj