My friend across the street told me (and I believed for a long time) that Native Americans lived on the nearby hills, and were listening to everyone with powerful tape recorders and other fancy spy gadgets. If a child cursed, the Indians would tell their parents about it.
Needless to say, I was relieved to find out this was false.
A childhood belief about being watched
others believed things like this
- Because of Pocahontas, I grew up believing Native Americans noises sounded like English to Native Americans.Anon
- I thought the “rec” button on tape recorders said wreck and it would wreck your tape if you pushed it!— Alberto Richardson
- I believed that linguini was made of tape worms and was scared to eat pasta for a long time!— Mojo!
- When I was a child, I used to believe that my dad was the most powerful and strong man on earth. — LM
- i used to believe i was native american because i was a native of america!!!— rachel
- i used to believe that a elf familly lived on my window, long after a new my parents were Santa Claus— anna