I used to believe that mosquitoes sucked your blood until you died. I told my little brother this when he was six. When he cried i had no idea what he was worried about.
A childhood belief about creepy crawlies

others believed things like this
- One time my brother asked my mom why mosquitoes bite. She said it was because children are bad.— sue
- I used to think that a mosque was a place where mosquitoes live.Anon
- haha... i was around six or seven... i thought that mosquitoes grew into flies... weird..— ?!
- I thought that a mosque (a muslim church) was a place where mosquitoes live.Anon
- My brother used to believe when our dog was getting fat that she was going to pop. He Cried!— A very Ashamed Brother
- when I was young, I heard that blood had iron in it. I thought blood was red because it was rusty.— Hunter