When I was about 5 or 6, I was at my aunts house with a few of my cousins, and they all knew that I *hated* spiders. I went into the garage to get a toy of some kind, and when I came back, my cousin John threw a spider on me! To this day he swears that the spiders are conspiring against me. And whats worse? I believed him for years...when I was 15 I finally realized that the only time they were doing that was when he was around. I'm 19 now, so yeah...
A childhood belief about creepy crawlies

others believed things like this
- I know this isnt a huge funny belief, but I used to think that all spiders were poisonous. I love spiders now!— Sammy
- Farts really are Barking Spiders, right?Anon
- When I was a small boy, I used to believe there were spiders in the toilets.— nicolas, a French student in 8th grade
- I used to think spiders came from rosebuds. Don't ask. It was a traumatic experience.— Zog
- I used to believe that spiders were mutated rats that were shrunk!— Quako
- i used to think that little tiny spiders would grow big while my mom wasn'r looking and eat me.— rodog