When I was little I used to believe tornadoes formed from those smokestacks at factories. Whenever I rode by them I'd always look away because I was afraid of tornadoes.
A childhood belief about disasters

others believed things like this
- I used to think that tornadoes were giant tomatoes that would sit on top of your house until everyone died.— Maggie
- I used to believe that tornadoes were spinning jack-o-lanterns in the air bent on destroying my house.Anon
- My little brother once asked my mother when we past a couple of factories.. if the factories made clouds— nicky
- i used to believe that the factories were care bear factories because of the clouds of smogAnon
- All clouds came from smokestacks.— Paul
- I am sure I can't be the only one, but I thougth smokestacks were where clouds came from. — Cool Site