I used to believe that my grandpa died while mowing the lawn. I imagined that as he walked across the lawn, the mower went out of control and flew backwards, severing his legs. I figured that he must've died from the loss of blood, and I felt bad that he had to die in such a cruel way.
Later I learned that he died of a heart attack in his home. I didn't believe my parents when they told me the truth of his death. Lawnmowers still frighten me; I'm afraid that they'll sever my legs, too.
A childhood belief about people
others believed things like this
- I believed you ran the vacuum to cut the carpet and used the lawn mower to smooth out the grass.— Michelle
- Turtles can fly. I believed it for ages.
My turtle got lost or probably died and I was told it flew away.Anon - I thought there was some video games so hard that if you died on them you also died in real life!— Kakuri
- I used to believe that when people died, they flew to heaven in their coffins.— PikachuGirl123
- When I was little I believed when an actor died in a movie, he died in real life.— Ben
- I used to believe that when we died (and animals) died they were picked up in a bus with there name on it.— Lawny