I thought Oakland was in Oklahoma. I was a big Oakland Raiders fan, and when I was six I was really sad to hear we were moving to California from Pennsylvania, which was so far away from my favorite football team!
A childhood belief about places

others believed things like this
- I thought the song Hotel California by the Eagles said "Welcome to Oakdale California— JewLea
- I once believed that Tusken Raiders from Star Wars Where a Type of Demon like Satan in the BibleAnon
- I thought Oklahoma was named after my Uncle Homer. (Pre-Simpsons)Anon
- When I was about 4 and I saw the clouds moving sideways, I thought that Earth was moving closer to the Sun— Helen
- I thought Oklahoma was a place in Japan (due to it weird name :P), and Japan gave it to USA later.— Luiz Alfonso
- I used to think Dracula was from Pennsylvania.Anon