When I was little I used to think that the Erie Canal was named that because it was spooky there.
A childhood belief about places

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that earwigs lived on earwax, and that they would crawl into my ear canal and eat my brain.— dodyskin
- when i was growing up i had two imaginary friends. One was named Jennifer, the other was named Onion.— Tessica
- I used to believe there was a Russian Leader named Garbage Trough and an Arabian named Are A FatAnon
- The boy in my class named "Sahand" must have a sister named "Safoot".Anon
- My Mom used to believe that there was a woman named Mrs. Sippy.— Linda
- "Dad, how come in every war movie there is always a man named Lieutenant?"— Chrisotpher