I thought the lyrics to "Don't fear the reaper" were "Don't fear the reefer"
A childhood belief about misheard lyrics

others believed things like this
- When I was a child, I had a fear of bagels. I thought they were stale doughnuts.Anon
- I had a fear of seeing a person in the corner of the mirror(most of the time a morlock)— Shane
- My brother (who was 6 at the time) would never flush the toilet in fear of our new house being blown up! Anon
- After watching a crazy TV show, I believed that aliens were real. I still have a little fear of them. — Niki005
- i work with kids......and this one kid tole me that claustrophobia was the fear of Santa clause Anon
- i used to think that i was a werewolf and that at night i played poker with the grim reaper— mike