MY MOTHER, TO GET US KIDS TO COME IN WHEN THE SUN WENT DOWN INSTRUCTED US ON THE COACHWHIP SHAKE. IF YOU WERE OUT AFTER DARK THE COACHWHIP SNAKE WOULD GRAB ITS OWN TAIL, ROLL ITSELF INTO A ROUND HOOP, CHASE YOU DOWN. THEN UNCOIL AND WHIP YOU TO DEATH.
A childhood belief about monsters
others believed things like this
I used to believe that the Lord's Prayer instructed us to lead a snot into temptation. — Susan- for the longest time every i used to think that Prince's "Raspberry Barret" said "round merry go round"— lin
- I used to believe that my grandma's chandelier would grow wings and chase me and kill me.— Katrien
- My big brother told me that if you peed in the pool, it would turn purple and chase you.— Elizabeth
- My mother convinced all of us kids in our family that the large rhubarb in the garden was a Man-Eating Plant. — H.Miller
- My dad would say "The snake's are barking" when he farted.— Big1