27 People Share the Most Ridiculous Things They Believed as Kids

by Irvi Torremoro

24.

When I was a child, my neighbor (it was 1 large building that held 2 apartments) had hens. I had a sandbox close to the hen pen (or whatever you call it) and every time he went in to get eggs, he came out and gave me a chocolate egg and said that it came from the brown hens. I believed him because I was like 4 or 5.

25.

My friend told me that yellow Skittles were made out of acid (as in hydrochloric, not psychedelic). I had dreams of my tongue fizzing and melting away and wouldn’t even touch the yellow ones for months.

26.

My mum told me I would get cancer if I played with my belly button.

27.

My mom told me that if I scratched my mosquito bites, mosquito eggs would hatch in my skin. I never scratched my bites again.

Written by Irvi Torremoro

Irvi Torremoro is an Austinite by way of Las Vegas. She's worked in various outlets in food & beverage and is now focused on writing, eating all the things, talking about Beyonce, and petting all the puppies. She runs flavorandbounty.com, a lifestyle blog about people in the service industry.