I used to beleive that the grease spots on our driveway directly under my bedroom window, were the squished remains of the previous tenants children, who had leaned over and fallen out of the window.
A childhood belief about people

others believed things like this
- I knew lightning could come in through my bedroom window and kill me.
— Cyn - I used to beleive that milk bottles were filled with milk, directly from the cow's udder.Anon
- I thought a "fallen soldier" was one who'd tripped and fallen during a battle.Anon
- My mom used to tell us kids that if you put your arm out of the car window,that it would fall off.— Kathy G.
- I used to believe that the moon lived on top of our house because I could always see it from the window.— Classic NYer
- When I was little I thought a widow was someone who stares at you through a windowAnon