When i was about 8 or 9 i used to think that u got a fine for steppign on a praying mantus because the cops had a little camera in the bug and thats how you got caught i was young i didnt know....hehehe
A childhood belief about creepy crawlies

others believed things like this
- I thought if you point the video camera at the TV then both the video camera and the TV will explode.
Anon - I used to think that the praying mantis was related to the katydid!Anon
- I used to believe that undercover cops hid under covers/sheets. — Holly
- As a child I thought that if you killed a praying mantis, you had to pay God $50.00.— stevie p
- When I was a kid I thought praying mantises were made out of grass— Landon
- I used to wonder why so many cops in movies were called "Lieutenant" as a christian name.— chris