I used to believe that the dead worms that surfaced after a heavy rain were in fact baby rattlesnakes. Thanks for that, Uncle Barry.
A childhood belief about creepy crawlies

others believed things like this
- Until I was a teenager, I believed that rain made worms came out of driveways.— Marc
- I used to believe that worms were the lips of the dead and that green pepper seeds were deadly poison.— Gayle
- Thunder was my dead uncle in heaven playing a round of bowling with God.— Mike
- I always thought that the gummy worms were real worms that had been mummified— The Ice Cream Sandwich Monster
- I used to think that the title of Barry Manilow's song "Looks Like We Made It" was "Looks Like Tomatoes".— close2nd
- My dad thought when he was little, rain was caused by army guys in the clouds with rain guns. — Daughter of the Weird