When i was little, my mom used to tell me that if i got near the street drain the people eater would come out and get me. For years i was scared to death that the people eater would come out and get me.
A childhood belief about in the street
others believed things like this
- I used to believe that "Earwigs lived in your ears", scared
me to death for years.— Will Chapman - Before I knew about death, I used to think people turned back into babies again after they got old. Anon
- I used to think that if you were scared "half to death" that you only had one scare left before you died.— Bush Hiddenofsky
- I believed one of the greatest dangers you could face was quick sand. I was scared to death of it.Anon
- When I was little I used to believe that I was a koala/ penguin it really scared away a few people.— Koalaluver
- I used to believe that a street sign that read "Dead End" meant that there were dead people buried there.Anon