When I was small my Dad used to tell me that electricity pylons were in reality large animals that were resting in daylight but at night started to walk around. I was never quite sure whether to disbelieve him or not.
A childhood belief about landscape

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that Electricity was chiped overseas in large thick rubber boxes on ships.Anon
- My mom told me that rain would help me grow... at a small 5'3" the reality set in quickly.Anon
- when i was around 3 or 4 i belived that the sea had a large plug like a bath and it was draind every night — James Cameron
- I used to believe that all my stuffed animals would come to life at night.— Carrie
- I used to believe that when we went to bed at night, all the animals in our house talked to each other. Anon
- On Christmas Eve all the animals are able to talk but only for that night!Anon