I used to believe that if I was quick enough, I could beat my shadow. I often used to try to hit my table faster than the shadow, sometimes pretending that I wasn't watching it, just to trick it. I never did beat it though...
A childhood belief about physics

others believed things like this
- I thought the song Shattered Dreams was acutaly "Shadow Dreams" and wondered what shadow dreams were— Golgademon
- Bronski Beat - Beat Boy
"Meatball
Meatball
Hit that perfect meatball..."— Santa Puncher - I used to believe that I could outrun my own shadow!— Serge
- I used to believe my shadow was chasing me whenever I ran— Rose
- every time I see a shadow thats not mine I freak out because I think It's a vampire— Dalton Anderson
- When I was younger I used to believe that the darker your skin was, the dark your shadow would be.— Mary S.