My parents always told me that garter snakes didn't bite. They told me this so I wouldn't be afraid of them. I always picked them up and was never bitten until one day I found a very big one. I picked her up and she bit me on the arm. I was stunned, but all I did was put the snake on the ground and was fine. I didn't freak out at all. All I said to my father was, "It bit me!"
A childhood belief about creepy crawlies
others believed things like this
- My sister told me that if I picked my nose there were snail creatures inside of it that would bite my fingers.Anon
- I used to believe that if you picked your nose far up enough, a snail at the top would bite your finger.— Jenny
- When I was a child my father warned me that if i picked my nose, my eye would fall out!— ras
- my mum once told me if you picked your nose your brains came out!!!!— smiley : )
- My mom told me if I picked my nose, I would get cancer.— xxXSaraXxx
- when I was a kid my neighbor told me if I picked my nose I would poke out my eye. I believe him. — Jane