when i was little i thought that as soon as you died, you were born again -- so anytime we'd learn anything about like the pilgrims or something i'd believe that i was a pilgrim.
in that way, when i was in third grade i actually thought that one of the characters from the little house on the prairie series was based on me.
A childhood belief about afterlife

others believed things like this
- Based on that memorable scene from the "Wizard of Oz," I used to believe that people died from shrinking!— Julie
- I thought there was some video games so hard that if you died on them you also died in real life!— Kakuri
- I thought Bonnie and Clyde were fictional characters.Anon
- I always thought that the Hulk was based of Hulk Hogan. — Vijay
- I thought that you were born at a certain age. I thought my Nanna was born that big and old. :-)— Hillie
- I used to think that tornadoes were giant tomatoes that would sit on top of your house until everyone died.— Maggie