I used to think that black widow spiders lived under my covers, but ONLY at night when i was under them, and I would be scared they were going to crawl up my legs at night when i wasnt looking.
A childhood belief about creepy crawlies

others believed things like this
- My mom told me that if I didn't wash my hair black widow spiders would come live in it.— grew up in Nebraska
- I used to believe that if i took the covers off at night i would freeze to death.— RockerGirl
- I used to believe that if I slept with my mouth open that spiders would crawl in there and live in my stomachAnon
- I used to believe that if I didn't brush my teeth at night, ants would crawl into my mouth and eat my teeth.Anon
- I used to believe that there were red and black spiders underneath the table in the toilet.— Phil
- i used to be scared of under my bed and thought that my cat became a monster only at night.— sumayah