I used to believe that when animals died they became camels in heaven. I think it came from all the sunday school lessons with the stick-on felt picture boards where they always had camels in the background.
A childhood belief about afterlife

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that mountains were giant camels that God put under the earth.— flip4smith
- I thought that camouflage was actually "camelflage", and had something to do with camels!— Demond
- i used to believe the proverbial "straw that broke the camels back" was a drinking straw. sadly, i was 23. — jennie kay
- I used to picture God as a giant transparent poodle after seeing "All dogs go to heaven".Anon
- I used to believe that when we died (and animals) died they were picked up in a bus with there name on it.— Lawny
- when i was little i used to believe that when you died a helicopter came to take you to heaven— purplefish