When I was a kid I believed that bodies were operated by little people inside of you. They were little people dressed fully in white tights so that all you can see was their face. They talked to you and had weird machines that made your body work. When you got cuts, some would fall out.
A childhood belief about general

others believed things like this
- When I was little I believed little men and little women worked inside my body to make everything work.— Ashley
- I used to belive that there were tiny people in vending machines that gave you your food.— Meah
- I used to think that when people died, their whole bodies were taken up to heaven, not just their spirits.— Karrie
- "Traffic lights are operated by monkies inside of them" or so a very reliable source informed me.— guuy
- i used to believe that the people on TV could see me. i never watched tv without getting dressed first!— Katy
- I used to believe that when people died, their bodies would immediately turn in to a skeleton— fv