Max Headroom used to freak me out. I think it was the way he moved. He reminded me of these mannequins in a suit shop, that I really hated to pass by, because I thought they'd spring to life a la Max Headroom style.
A childhood belief about being watched

others believed things like this
- I used to think that mannequins were real people who had been beheaded. Creepy thought....
Anon - When my brother was little he heard the song "Le Freak" by Chic (Ahhh, freak out!) like this: Ahhh, free cow!Anon
- I used to believe the Do Not Pass signs on the roads meant you were'nt aloud to pass the sign. I was 14.Anon
- My dad he used to tell me that mannequins were actually people who had been frozen.— Alecia
- I used to think if you messed with your belly button too much, It would pop out and you would spring a leak.— Jessica
- when I was a child I used to believe that if you swallowed the seeds of the fruit they would spring up on you.— Gabriely Cinthia Schittler