After being fixated with Thomas the Tank Engine and how the streets lights turned on I finally came to a logical conclusion. I believed that the fat controller lives inside the lamp post on a little chair and turned on the lights when it go dark.
A childhood belief about in the street

others believed things like this
- After seeing Thomas the Tank Engine, I believed that all the locomotives in the world had a face.— Joe
- I believed that traffic lights had police officers inside them, turning the lights on and off...— CrowHeart
- I used to believe that there where little mice the the street lights that turned them on and off.Anon
- when i was about 5-8 i used to believe that oompa loompas lived in traffic lights and controlled the lights!!— ~wierd ~
- When i was little i always thought there were little men inside the traffic lights changing the light— Kiley
- I thought traffic lights were controlled by little men who lived inside them. Anon