When I was three and a half years old we had a grill-out with visiting family and my cousin, five years older than I, told me that he saw a fly poop on my burger. I freaked out and refused to eat the hamburger even after my mother reheated it.
A childhood belief about creepy crawlies

others believed things like this
- My mother used to call my behind "a paw paw" and for many years I refused to eat paw paws (papayas)— Garth
- I actually asked my mother if mixing girls' poop and boys' poop would cause an explosion.— kraine
- My brother that is 6 years younger than me used to believe that in seven years he would be older than me.Anon
- when I was 6 years old i use to believe a catfish was half cat one fish.Anon
- as a kid, i was told by my older cousins that i wasnt human until i turned 7 years old.— twk
- My older brother once told me that Aussie shampoo was made from kangaroo pee. I avoided using it for years!— Annie