I used to think if you left your tv on at night that the people or cartoons would come out. One night I stayed up to see if I was right. I was mad that they were still on the screen.
A childhood belief about tv

others believed things like this
- The sea was there because I left a tap dripping all night.— wolfie
- When I was about 6 or 7, I had an imaginary friend, who left for ice-cream one night. He never returned.— His name was Jimmy
- i used 2 believe when i left my closet door open at
night a skelleton would pop out and wave at me— bex - My mother didn't want me outside at night so she told me i had to come in or else 'the night air would get me'— Dan
- I used to think that "cross-eyed" meant that people had X's for eyes, like dead people in cartoons.— Tim
- I used to believe that it was warmer during the day than at night because more people were about.Anon