when i was little and our family was on a driving trip, i misunderstood my dad's explanation of the huge metal high tension power wire structures, and thought they were real, living monsters kind of marching across the land. i was so scared of them and would cry whenever i saw one.
A childhood belief about excursions

others believed things like this
- Maryland was actually a huge amusement park, i.e. Merry-Land, like Disneyland. — Julianne
- As a child i was under the impression that the huge power station chimneys were cloud makers.— scruffyoik
- I used to believe that Metal music was when a bunch of people would bang metal together to make noise. Ha ha.— Kassandra
- i used to believe if i went to sleep monsters would get my family, so i thought i stayed up all the time— Luc Lemmel
- when i was younger i used to think no-one was driving cars and it was only my family who were allowed to...— Lucie x
- I used to believe that grown-ups got scared because they were so high off the ground.— Sammy