My mom told me when I was about 4 years old that spiders could run faster than humans. One day, while in the basement, I put my finger in a hole in the wall and a spider came out. I almost killed myself running up the stairs, certain that the spider was right behind me!
A childhood belief about creepy crawlies
others believed things like this
- I used to believe a spider monster was in my basement— Kelly bulanek
- When I was liitle, I used to believe that if a spider would bite me than I would become Spider-Man!!!— IronManxD
- My mother used ot tell me that if I picked my nose the 'Nose Spider' would bite my finger off.— Melanie
- Someone told my that rice was really spider eggs. I still don't look at it the same. Anon
- If you pull off the leg of a spider it will rainAnon
- When I was 8 I thought a spider lived in the toilet and would bite me if I sat on it.— Mike