When I was 6 years old I was afraid of the "eye of the hurricane" passing over us because I thought it was a real eye.
A childhood belief about disasters

others believed things like this
- No passing zones on the highway. How come we just kep passing those signs? — Colleen
- I thought Hurricane Dennis (in 2005) and the character Dennis from the Spongebob movie were related somehow.Anon
- for years i was afraid to throw up because i thought it meant i was possessed like in the exorcist.Anon
- my bro used to belive there were smurfs in the atms passing out money— L
- Every time it thundered and rained I used to believe that God was passing wind and "peeing"!Anon
- When I was little, I believed that sonic booms were from airplanes passing gas! haha!
— coconut