When I was 3 or 4, my father carried me outside at night and I caught a glimpse of the Northern Lights dancing around in the sky. I thought it was a ghost and was so scared that I always closed my eyes when I had to go outside in the dark.
A childhood belief about weather

others believed things like this
- I was born brunette with brown eyes and dark hair, i thought people with blue eyes, had water in them.Anon
- I used to believe that when I closed my eyes, nobody could see me. — Jens
- I used to think if i closed my eyes noone could see meAnon
- My sister used to think that nobody could see her if she closed her eyes.— Dave
- I used to believe that when you closed you eyes you were invisible and no-one could see you!— Andrew
- I used to think that if I closed my eyes I would be invisible— invisible