I also used to think if you stared at a mantis you would be paralyzed forever.
A childhood belief about creepy crawlies
others believed things like this
- I used to think that the praying mantis was related to the katydid!Anon
- I once for some reason thought a Mantis was a bird, instead of a bug...— Laurie J.
- As a child I thought that if you killed a praying mantis, you had to pay God $50.00.— stevie p
- I USED TO BELIEVE THAT IF YOU STARED AT A PERSON, THEY COULD NOT TELL YOU WERE STARING AT THEM. PRETTY STUPIDAnon
- I used to think that if you stared real hard at the wind, you could see the angels.— Bradon
- i used to think if you stared long enough at the sun (until it looked blue) you could kill it— sean