I believed that airplane contrails were zippers that separated day and night. When unzipped, darkness would spill out, thus causing nighttime.
A childhood belief about aeroplanes

others believed things like this
- if you shone a torch into the sky at night, an airplane would thin you were a runway and land on you— spam
- Broken bones meant that your arm or leg was separated from your body.— Kelly Hanson
- If you stare into a mirror in almost complete darkness, the devil will appear instead of your reflection.Anon
- I used to think the Black Country region in the UK was called that because everyone lived in darkness there.— K
- I used to belive that an airplane was my mothers car. I don't no why. — Erilld
- I used to believe that Disney World was up in the sky because you have to take an airplane to get there.— lauren