I used to fear the creature on the Pepperami advert. My sister had a Pepperami lunchbox and she told me it was inside it. I had nightmares for years.
A childhood belief about monsters

others believed things like this
- I believed that the inside of a tomato was a small, living creature and I flatly refused to eat that bit.Anon
- My sister told me whenever I had a tummy ache it was my unborn twin inside my stomache trying to get out.— Jamie Field
- My sister told me that if I picked my nose there were snail creatures inside of it that would bite my fingers.Anon
- When there was an advert for a "3 peice suite" i thought it was a shop selling 3 P Sweet's!!!— Kate Parker
- I thought the lyrics to "Don't fear the reaper" were "Don't fear the reefer"— who new?
- my mom told my sister and I that if you swallow gum, it won't leave ur stomach for 7 years.— Victoria