I believed that "they" switched the ocean waves off at night. When I was about 4, we were on holiday at the sea and one evening, after dark, we were driving along the beach road, when to my surprise I saw the waves were still coming in. I asked my mother at what time they were switched off.
A childhood belief about water

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that somebody turned the ocean waves off at night.— David
- I used to think that at night at the beach the government would turn off the waves.— Caitlin
- I used to believe that the waves in the ocean were made from whales swimming by...— Tina
- I used to believe the whitewash on waves was actually whale pee.— Tessica
- Waves are whales and sharks moving up and down under the waterAnon
- I used to believe that waves were made by whales who lined up in a row and flapped their tails.— Passionola