As a little freak of a kid I believed that acid rain would severely burn someone, and that it made a sizzling sound upon contact with the flesh.
A childhood belief about weather

others believed things like this
- i used to think tha if you went outside when it was acid raining the rain would burn holes in your skin— fear of rain
- Until I was a teenager, I believed that rain made worms came out of driveways.— Marc
- I believed that the rain would melt everything...I was terrified to go outside in the rain! — Cris
- I used to believe that contact lenses were made out of fish scales— ddm
- When my brother was little he heard the song "Le Freak" by Chic (Ahhh, freak out!) like this: Ahhh, free cow!Anon
- I used to be terrified of fire-flys because I believed they would burn if they landed on me.— kevin