I used to think that when car headlights would shine in your room as they drove past they were actually scanning the room to make sure you were there and that you had to hold your breath ot they would take you away.
A childhood belief about cars

others believed things like this
- If you hold your breath and make a wish under a highway tunnel it will come true....I still hold my breath :)— aj
- when i was a little kid. i used to think that when u hold ur breath ur heart stops.. LOL :P — Annonymus
- I still hold my breath when I pass by cemetaries because it is impolite to breathe when other people can't.— Crystal
- A friend on mine thought that smoking menthal cigarettes would make his breath minty fresh.Anon
- I used to believe that cars were alive and their headlights were eyes.— Wiley
- I remember once a friend of mine told me that when ever you hold in your pee it would make your balls stronger— Zao