when i was little my father always told me that the lights on top of the bridge towers were operated by little people who flicked their lighters.
A childhood belief about traffic lights

others believed things like this
- When my daughter was small she developed tonsillitis but she told everyone she had "tongues and lighters"— Jeannie Bee
- "Traffic lights are operated by monkies inside of them" or so a very reliable source informed me.— guuy
- My mum told me that if you picked your nose and flicked it on the floor then it would turn into a monster!— MadMack
- i used to think water towers were houses for really tall people. I thought they had big heads to.— Alyssa
- Whenever I went to bed, I use to believe that when i flicked my light on and off I would signal aliens. — Laura.
- On family road trips, my parents always told me that water towers were filled with chocolate.— Edith