when i was little my friend put food dye in water and said the swirls were ghosts and when they disappeared if you drank the water the ghosts would posess you.
A childhood belief about ghosts

others believed things like this
- When I was a child I used to believe that the steam rising from my food were ghosts. Anon
- I used to believe that honey was made from bees' pee when they drank too much water.Anon
- I used to think that there were ghosts in the loft and that's why I was not allowed to go up there.Anon
- When I was child I used to believe that people who die become ghosts and could see youAnon
- I used to think what heated the food in the pan was the boiling water, not the heat under it.— Mario
- I used to think that ghosts rode on vaccum cleanersAnon