When I was around five, I asked my older brother where store mannequins came from; he told me that these were shoplifters that the store's boss had shot a ray at that turned them into stone, and that is why they were in such odd poses, as they were desperately running away when the ray got them- separate hand, arm, foot, and leg mannequins were grazing hits by the same ray, or when the store decided to show some mercy. I decided never to shoplift, and was in fear that I would see someone that I recognized as a mannequin someday.
A childhood belief about going shopping
others believed things like this
- My dad he used to tell me that mannequins were actually people who had been frozen.— Alecia
- I used to think that mannequins were real people who had been beheaded. Creepy thought....
Anon - my mom told me that if i went inside the dresses at the clothing store, the dress would eat me...Anon
- I used to believe that every time i went in a store that the grown ups had to buy me something.— jvf
- I used to think that the clothes in the thrift store were new— Ellie
- I thought change was the store's way of saying thank you.— Madeline