I grew up in the West Indies, and we had tarantulas in the neighbourhood. I was terrified of them, and worried that I would have one in my room one night. I asked my father what they sounded like, and he said "like someone snoring.' I shared my room with my brother. Who snored. I didn't sleep for five years.
A childhood belief about creepy crawlies
others believed things like this
- I used to believe the living room furniture would party after we all went to sleep.— Ellen
- I used to believe in the night my dog transformed in a wolf and ate the animals of my neighbourhood.— Tessy French students in eighth grade
- My older brother used to tell me that if I "untied" it, I'd fly around the room like a balloon. — Gullible youth
- When i was younger, i used to believe that the hanger in my room became a witch every night.— Laura
- I believed that the pictures on my nighties came alive at night and played in my room while i was asleep!!Anon
- I saw a spider on the floor and thought it was a baby tarantula. We don't even get tarantulas where I live.Anon