“Butt will stick together” and 9 more horror stories that scared us in childhood

Children are very impressionable and trusting people. That is why there have always been many myths and superstitions among them. Some of them were inspired by parents, pursuing their own goals, and some appeared among peers, as a kind of folklore. What did the children of the 80s and 90s naively believe in?

Everyone must have heard such a horror story from their parents. The most interesting thing is that most parents themselves believed that watching TV from a short distance affects visual acuity. In fact, the radiation from the screen can not do much harm. The maximum that this is fraught with is eye fatigue.

Another myth of the era of kinescope TVs, which was successfully believed by adults and children. Stories about the failure of the kinescope due to a long game of the Dendy console were a popular manipulation. So it was possible to convince the son who was overly keen on video games to come off the TV. In fact, there is no difference between playing a console and just watching TV.

The gaming platform "Electronics IM" was incredibly popular in the second half of the 80s. Several simple electronic games were produced, among which the most popular was "Well, you wait!". It was created based on the cartoon of the same name, and in the game the wolf caught falling eggs with a basket.

The more points the player scored, the faster the eggs fell and the more energetically it was necessary to move the hero. The cherished goal was to score 1000 points, which was very difficult to do. But everyone aspired to this, as there was talk that after this figure was reached, a special cartoon “Just you wait!”, Which could not be seen on TV, would be shown on the screen. Of course, disappointment awaited the stubborn player and the electronic game did not show any cartoons.

In childhood, almost everyone believed that if you step over a lying person, then he will stop growing. To neutralize this action, it was necessary to step over it back without fail. It is quite clear that this is nothing more than childish superstition, but faith in it was ironclad.

A horror story that many parents actively used to curb their offspring's appetite for sweets. By the way, this is one of the few children's myths that have been beneficial. Now everyone knows that nothing sticks together from sweets, but a belly can grow or health problems can easily begin.

Another way to glue your ass tightly is to swallow chewing gum. Sometimes this horror story was told by parents so that their child would not take it into his head to swallow an inedible product. There was also a more violent version of this myth. She said that the intestines stick together from swallowed chewing gum and an operation is urgently needed.

Nobody likes mosquitoes. And huge mosquitoes with long legs cause horror not only in children, but also in many adults. It is no wonder that various fables were composed about these insects. In childhood, almost everyone was sure that large mosquitoes carry malaria. Sometimes they were even called "malarial mosquitoes". But in fact, these are absolutely harmless centipede mosquitoes. They feed exclusively on plant nectar.

Stories that if you touch toads and frogs, warts can appear on the skin, usually come from adults. Of course, this is just a fiction and amphibians cannot infect with any warts. This myth plays into their hands - it is impossible to calculate how many harmless creatures he saved the life of. But it is worth remembering that the skin of toads secretes a caustic secret that can irritate the mucous membranes, but for this you need to hold the animal in your hands and then rub your eyes.

Among children, it was believed that if someone steps on their foot, then a quarrel will certainly occur with this person. Evil spells could be neutralized by stepping on the foot in response. Usually the opponent was not against such a solution to the problem, unless, of course, he stepped on his foot by accident.

A swallowed seed from a watermelon, according to the children, could turn into a disaster. It germinated in the stomach and turned into a full-fledged fetus. Get rid of it, as you may have guessed, it was possible only by operational means. No less dangerous was a swallowed unpeeled sunflower seed. Almost all the children believed that it would cause appendicitis and would have to go to the surgeon.