When I first went on the baltimore beltway, my father told me that the beltway went all around the city. I thought that he was refering to the grass area inbetween the inner loop and outer loop. I was conviced that that was baltimore. Which confused me a little since we lived in baltimore.
A childhood belief about places

others believed things like this
- I used to think "Disney" was spelled D I S N E P. because they'd loop the "y" and it looked like a "p"! — Rebecca Sears
- My father always told me that if I wore socks to bed I would grow hair inbetween my toes. Anon
- I used to believe that everyone who lived in the city lived in an apartment.— Marideth
- That the city of Christchurch was a big church which everybody lived in.— Christine
- When I was little I was conviced if you said twinkee in a mirror 3 time a foot would appear. Anon
- I used to be really confused about the whereabouts of God.
On account of: "Our Father who Aren't in Heaven".— Tania Bradshaw