I am still afraid of geckos until now because it's an old wives' tale in our country that if one stuck on you, you would never be able to take it off unless you showed it the bottom of a pot or of a Aeta, an indigenous race here. I'm still not sure until now if it's true, so I just stay away, just in case.
A childhood belief about creepy crawlies

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that politicians actually ran (like in a race) for office.— m
- I used to believe that we (the human race) was a movie and God was showing it to everyone.— Sean
- In a race if you finish several laps down you have to make up for it afterwardsAnon
- I used to believe that a racist is something like a person who loves to race on the racetrack.Anon
- I used to think that a Mormons were an alien race from a fifties sci-fi film.— Katherine
- I used to believe that your bottom teeth were actually in your bottom— jez