I used to get scared when they announced the mall was closing that we wouldn't make it out on time. For whatever reason, I thought if you got caught there after closing you'd be turned into a mannequin.
A childhood belief about going shopping

others believed things like this
- my mum told me that the 'public' park was closing so she could go home— xx-lotty-pop-xx
- 'To Be Announced' in the TV guide was a film that was on all the time!— Clare
- When i was little i was so scared of cats, because i taught the turned in to tigers if you saw them.Anon
- The first time I saw fog, I thought the air had turned sour.— jamby
- when i was little i thought every time i left the room my parents turned into aliensAnon
- There was a time when I thought euthanasia was when veteranarians turned other animals into fish.— Catfish