until a few years ago, i still believed that worms were coming out of the ground to play in the rain. it didn't occur to me that they could be drowning down there...
A childhood belief about creepy crawlies

others believed things like this
- Until I was a teenager, I believed that rain made worms came out of driveways.— Marc
- I believed that the rain would melt everything...I was terrified to go outside in the rain! — Cris
- I always thought that the gummy worms were real worms that had been mummified— The Ice Cream Sandwich Monster
- My dad thought when he was little, rain was caused by army guys in the clouds with rain guns. — Daughter of the Weird
- I used to believe I could control the weather by singing rain rain go away or blowing the clouds away.— Shannon
- My mom told me that if I ate raw hotdogs or spoonfuls of sugar, I'd get worms. I believed her until I was 13.— seale