When I was in third grade I lived at my grandparents house and when my grandma tucked me in at night she would say, "Don't let the bedbugs bite." I imagined a 4 foot long 2 foot tall white cockroach comming into my room and biting me. It was horrifying
A childhood belief about creepy crawlies

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that dandelions where baby lions and if you trod on one it would bite your foot.— alice
- I used to belive that if i put my foot in my mouth, I would get foot-and-mouth illness— Emily Sathrota
- When I was little i thought grandparents had to be hundreds of meters tall... Anon
- When i was little i used to think that my foot was a "naughty part" that no one else was supposed to see.Anon
- When I was little I was conviced if you said twinkee in a mirror 3 time a foot would appear. Anon
- when i was 6 i used to belive if u ate ur toe nails u would grow a foot in ur stomach— chris