I used to believe that earwigs were hairy little bug strips that would get stuck on your ears and people would freak out when they saw you because they would think you were slowly becoming like a hairy monkey or something.
I was a strange child.....
A childhood belief about creepy crawlies

others believed things like this
- i used to believe that if someone take his bath with a hair shampoo, their body will become hairy.— roslin
- My mum always told me to stop chewing my hair or else i would get a hairy chest! hee, hee! x— Kirsty
- I used to believe that earwigs crawl in your ears— Janice
- I was certain that "earwigs" were basically toupees you wear on your ears. Anon
- Just this moment I learned that earwigs do not go into your ears, i'm twenty-four.— Sheila
- I used to think that earwigs were a type of toupee that you wear behind your ears.— Elise