I used to think "shoplifters" were very strong people who literally got underneath stores and lifted the entire buildings over their heads like weightlifters. Once when I was in a drugstore with my mom, I saw a muscular man with tatoos and a buzz cut. I pointed him out to my mom and said "Look, that guy must be one of those shoplifters!" My mother shushed me.
A childhood belief about criminals
others believed things like this
- When I was a kid I thought all the wrestlers on tv had oranges under their skin to make them look muscular :)— Anonamoose
- I once thought people would keep growing until they were as big as buildings if they didn't go to the doctor. — Tufty
- I used to believe that heads of state had diferent kinds of heads on their shoulders— stupid elado
- I used to believe that the people that worked in stores slept right there on the floor and lived there. Anon
- when i was little i thought people with big heads or big noses had cancer...Anon
- I used to believe that when people got shot in the head that their heads would blow up. — Emily