If I saw a spotlight beaming into the sky, I used to believe an airplane was lost and they were searching for it. Later in life I learned the beams of light were from spotlights used for commercial purposes, like a grand opening of a store, etc.
A childhood belief about aeroplanes

others believed things like this
- I use to believe the fireflies were birds with spotlightsAnon
- When I was little my dad told me that monsters jump out from spotlights and I belived it...— Cassie
- I used to believe that the visible rays of the sun were beaming people up to heaven. like in star trek.Anon
- When I was a young boy I thought when we cried or when we laughed we won or we lost one minute of our life. — loulou83
- I use to beliee that if someone got shot or lost a limb in a movie they actually did in real life. Anon
- I used to think light sabers were called life savers.— alison