I read a book about worms and misread the word tape as tap. I then thought that taps had worms living in them and had to look up the tap before I turned it on.
A childhood belief about creepy crawlies

others believed things like this
- I always thought that the gummy worms were real worms that had been mummified— The Ice Cream Sandwich Monster
- I believed that linguini was made of tape worms and was scared to eat pasta for a long time!— Mojo!
- when i was 4 or 5 i used to think neon sour gummy worms were real because they always twisted and turned— HUGBUG09
- If you eat your boogers you'll get worms— Kit
- I used to believe that I would get worms if I bit my fingernails. — Leslie
- When I was five, I used to believe that worms grow into snakes.— Mz Dimple