I believed that if you saw a praying mantis and it was praying, then it was about to attack you. Don't ask me why I thought they prayed prior to an attack. And don't ask what that "attack" entailed - I have no clue, but I was sure afraid of them!
A childhood belief about creepy crawlies
others believed things like this
- As a child I thought that if you killed a praying mantis, you had to pay God $50.00.— stevie p
- I used to think that the praying mantis was related to the katydid!Anon
- I thought you always die if you A. get cancer or B. have a heart attack— Nate
- Birds in the sky would come down and attack me with their beaks.— Bianca
- when i was little i used to think that rape was where you used a rake to attack someone— terrordrone
- I thought the song "Party Time" by Moby was actually saying "heart attack" (this was before I knew the title)— Elviessa