My sister convinced me that sharks lived in my aunt's water bed. As we laid there trying to fall asleep, she'd start humming the Jaws theme under her breath and making waves until I screamed.
A childhood belief about creepy crawlies

others believed things like this
- Waves are whales and sharks moving up and down under the waterAnon
- I used to think that a company had boats all over the world making waves, and airplanes making cloudsAnon
- I used to believe that sharks lived under the pools where the air vents were. — Carol
- I used to believe that cows laid beef, like the way chickens laid eggsAnon
- When I was a child i used to believe that if i did not fall asleep an elf would come for me Anon
- I used to think that when my arm would fall asleep that it was raining inside my armAnon