A very early misconception, I thought the ocean floor was made of some kind of plastic grating I could fall through, which needless to say, kept me out of the ocean... I'm not sure where I got that from but I do have older brothers
A childhood belief about water

others believed things like this
- I used to think that the song "My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean" was really "My Body Lies Over the Ocean."Anon
- I used to believe that the waves in the ocean were made from whales swimming by...— Tina
- I remember being scared of the ocean for a while as a little kid. I thought lobsters would pinch my toes.— Flipper
- I used to believe that somebody turned the ocean waves off at night.— David
- i didnt knew it rained over the ocean...Anon
- I used to believe that there was an off switch to the ocean so that it could go to sleep at night.Anon