When i was young my Dad would warn my against swimmiing to far out to sea by telling my there were giant sea slugs that lived at the bottom of the ocean that would bite the legs of people who swam over them.
The worst part is that i beleived this until i was 18
A childhood belief about water

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that slugs were deadly and they would bite you and kill you. 0_o Where did I get that idea?— What was I thinking?
- At the ocean's horizon there was a giant waterfall.— Stephanie
- I used to beleive if a bug were to bite you, you would become a giant bug.Anon
- I used to believe that if someone lived "overseas", it just meant that they lived by the ocean.Anon
- i used to believe that a ghost lived under my bed and that a giant lived under our dining room table.— nameless
- when i was little i always asked my mom if my aunt had ant legs or people legs.— kelly