One day my older sister told me how "Earwigs" got their name: They like to crawl into your ears to bite the auricles and then build their nest into your brain to feed their offsprings from your ears. I'm 26 now and know better but I am still very afraid of Earwigs :( Damn you, sister!
A childhood belief about creepy crawlies
others believed things like this
- I used to believe that earwigs crawl in your ears— Janice
- I used to believe that earwigs lived on earwax, and that they would crawl into my ear canal and eat my brain.— dodyskin
- 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
- I used to believe that "Earwigs lived in your ears", scared
me to death for years.— Will Chapman