My old house used to have cubby holes where squirrels could sneak their way in and you could hear them at night. My sister, doing what older sisters do, told me that squirrels would eat your legs if you got to close. I spent a long part of my childhood terrified of the cute little creatures.
A childhood belief about general

others believed things like this
- My older sister told me squirrels were poisonous, and I believed her until I was 9.— Jenni
- My younger sister used to believe that in everybody's belly button there lived a family of squirrels.— Sophie
- I used to believe that chipmunks were baby squirrels Anon
- Until I was about 13 I thought chipmunks were baby squirrels.— Gina
- Until I was about 8, I thought chipmunks were baby squirrels. — allie
- To this day my friend (he's 17) swears that chipmunks are baby squirrels.— Liz