creepy crawlies

As a kid, I learned of the existence of spider webs and cobwebs long before learning of whatever critters might have constructed them. Not surprisingly, I have since learned what spiders are. But I still have no idea of what, if anything, cobs are if they are what makes cobwebs.

Charles

When I was little, my sister told me that if a cockroach bit me, I would get cancer and die. After that, whenever a cockroach was found in our house, I would pretend to be sick to make my parents take me to the doctor's.

Susie

My mom told me when I was little that if a fly landed on my eyelid I would go blind. One day, a fly landed on my eyelid and I started to cry. I didn't want to go blind.

Anon

When i was younger, when i pouted, my mom would tell me that a grasshopper would land on my lower lip. i never understood what she was trying to gain by saying that and she never seemed to understand that didnt make me stop pouting because that was all she said.

Some Bored Guy

When my mom was a teenager, she lived in California, and had never seen a firefly. So, she always thought they were mythical creatures like fairies and unicorns. What a surprise she had when she moved to the northeast!

Rdawgg

I used to think that slugs were just homeless snails. Or something like that.

FightingTurkey

I used to think that women's garters were originally made from skins of garter snakes, and that was how garters got their name.

Scott

I used to think that sowbugs would eat large holes in your skin, so whenever I saw them I would instantly kill them and all other sowbugs in the vicinity. I would also check the area around my bed regularly. It got so bad that I was even scared to eat certain foods, for fear that a sowbug may be hiding in the middle.

Jared

When I was a kid, I was told and believed that python don,t bite but swallow or else the teeths will come off. It was until I saw one that bite. Kid believes as was told, how innocence.

JustBegin

When I was a kid I thought that bees could fly around the world in 4 seconds. I was so possitive of this fact that I told everyone I knew, and when told I was wrong I just thought they were ignorant. The sad thing is that I believed this for a really long time, and was quite dissapointed when I discovered the truth.

Ez

One day when I was about 6 I saw a spider in the bath. My dad told me his name was 'Algernon' and that he had known him for years! From then on me and my little sister honestly believed that every spider we saw in the bath was Algernon and that he was paying us a visit - he was almost considered a family pet!

Darren

My mom used to tell me not to leave crums around the house or ants would come. i didn't under stand that the ants acem from outside and would eat the crums, i thought the crums turned into ants so i sat there watching a crum for hours waiting for it to turn into an ant.

Erica

Until I was about 7, I was afraid of walking outside barefoot...I believed that the ants would come and suck my toes!

Nicole

One time in early grade school, I remember a classmate of mine pulled the head off of a grasshopper and out came were some of the insides attached to the head. He told me that was chewing tobacco. I believed that for a long time and still think of it whenever I see chewing tobacco on display in the stores. Yuuuckk!

Wade