When I was about 5, there was a commercial for a program about undersea life that often aired when I was watching. It showed a big, red octopus that both terrified and fascinated me. Somehow, I became convinced that the octopus lived in my bed and that sleeping curled up in a little ball was the only way I could prevent the octopus from eating my feet.
A childhood belief about under my bed
others believed things like this
- My uncle convinced me that if you ate octopus, the suckers on the tentacles would suck your tongue out— Minnie
- that pickles were octopus legsAnon
- I used to think that 'testicles' was the word for the arms of a squid or an octopus. — Emily
- From the Carpenters hit I always sang "calling octopus of interplanetary craft" instead of "occupants".— Paul
- I used to believe that eye-lash curlers were eye-ball eating aliens in disguise— Eliza
- I used to believe my dolls would come to life at night and have a party while i was sleeping. — phil(: