I used to believe that big grasshoppers would spit tobacco at you if you got too close to them.
A childhood belief about creepy crawlies

others believed things like this
- I used to think that Tabasco Sauce contained tobacco, and therefore was actually "tobacco sauce."
Anon - When I was young my mother used to tell me that guacamole was actually crushed grasshoppers.Anon
- I used to believe that molasses were made by grasshoppers rubbing their back legs together.— Valerey Lavergne
- i used to think tabasco sauce was tobacco so i'd always be like "mom! dont put that in our food!!"Anon
- For whatever reason, I thought that grass was slang for tobacco rather than marijuana.Anon
- I thought for some reason that chewing tobacco was REQUIRED for Major League Baseball players.— Jeff