When I was little I ALWAYS slept on my side and pressed my ear into my pillow to protect my ear from earwigs crawling in it. On the other ear I placed a stuffed animal or covered my head with the blankets.
A childhood belief about creepy crawlies

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that my stuffed animals would come alive at night to protect me.— Julie
- i used to belive a fever was a beaver crawling in my head i no right?— poe
- 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