I actually thought that the Shark in the Jaws films was MEANT to be a mechanical one and that maybe someone was controlling it all along.
A childhood belief about films

others believed things like this
- A friend believed that they used a tame shark during the filming of "Jaws".— Wendy
- I used to think that a "pool shark" was an actual shark that lived in a swimming poolAnon
- I used to believe that God was like a puppeteer, controlling every single movement we made. — Carrie C. in PA
- I use to believe that there were mice in the stoplights controlling when they would change colors.— Krystal M.
- I thought the song "Hit me with your best shot" was "Hit me with your pet shark"Anon
- I thought an Automatic car drove itself, like Herbie in the Disney films— Stano