I used to believe that little men with torches ran under the road at night, lighting up the cats' eyes so that Dad could see where we were going.
They were related to the little men who turned on the light in the fridge when I opened the door.
A childhood belief about cars

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that the cats eyes in the road...reflectors...were the eyeballs from real cats.— Liza P.
- I used to believe that cats eyes were lit up by a man running under the road with a torch— Martin
- I used to think that you could get a tan if you turned the oven on, opened the door and stood in front of it.Anon
- I didn't believe that a cow's milk and the milk in the fridge were at all related!Anon
- I used to believe that if I opened my eyes too much, they could pop outAnon
- I used to believe that if you opened your eyes when you prayed, you would see God and then die.— Charlie