Ever read Roald Dahl's "Dirty Beasts"? As a kid I was terrified of Sting-a-Ling, the scorpion that hid in your bed and then stung you on the bum. I would lie there rigid waiting for the sting...!
A childhood belief about under my bed

others believed things like this
- I used to believe Sting was my dad in a parallel universe — Jenn Green
- i used to think bugs could sting you through closed glass windows.Anon
- My sister told me that jellyfish came out of the shower and sting you to death.— Nick (Alex's brother)
- in sting's / the police's song ''roxanne''. I thaught that it was ''rock sand''— wacko zacho
- when i was younger i thought ac/dc's dirty deeds (done dirt cheap), was dirty knees and the thunder cheeks.— S
- a friend thought that the song "dirty deeds done dirt cheap" was saying "dirty deeds dunderchief"— dubs