I used to be afraid to let our cat sleep in my bed with me, because my brother told me that cats suck out your souls through your nose while you are sleeping. I know, I was a deeply disturbed child.
A childhood belief about cats and dogs

others believed things like this
- i used to think that when i went to sleep gonzo from the muppets would suck me up through his nose and eat meAnon
- I was told that if you sleep on your back you swallow your tongue...I have been sleeping on my side ever since— scotty la
- when i was small my brother always told me that if you picked your nose your head would cave in— Eric
- When I was in Kindergarten I was told if I picked my nose my nose will go into eternal bleeding— Sam
- My grandparents always told me that if I picked my nose too much, my nose would get bigger.— The Mortal Elf
- As a child I believed that cats, when they died, became owls and always accompanied you. — AdryLiz