I told my sister that slugs werent really insects but a waterproof casing for those tiny red spiders that run about on walls in hot weather. I told her that whenever there was rain about 10,000 of the little red spiders run inside their waterproof case and move around together in the form of a slug. she believed every word
A childhood belief about creepy crawlies

others believed things like this
- I know this isnt a huge funny belief, but I used to think that all spiders were poisonous. I love spiders now!— Sammy
- i used to think that little tiny spiders would grow big while my mom wasn'r looking and eat me.— rodog
- My mum always told me not to pick my nose and eat it because spiders would grow in my tummy......— Ben
- My mom told me that if I didn't wash my hair black widow spiders would come live in it.— grew up in Nebraska
- I used to believe I could control the weather by singing rain rain go away or blowing the clouds away.— Shannon
- Farts really are Barking Spiders, right?Anon