i used to imagine that 2 ants( or some other kind of bug) lived in my stomach ,and ate all the little bits of food. i have no idea why i thought this.
A childhood belief about eating

others believed things like this
- I used to wonder what kind of insect "uncles" were named after.
I had "Ants" figured out.— Kimberly in AZ - I always believed as a child your stomach was a big hand which squeezed your food out through your bum....— amc
- We put food in our mouths, so naturally I believed my stomach was in my head.— Timb
- my cousin uded to belive that hiccups were caused by the food in your stomach colliding.— Christine
- I thought it was illegal to own a minivan if you lived in Arizona. I have no idea how I thought that.— Julia
- Thank you to the person who said that red ants don't eat flesh. I always thought they did! — Lola***Rose