Me and my brother used to believe that when a person died, their spirit would become a seagull, and they would fly up and down the coast until everyone in their family was all right and ten they would fly away over the sea. We passed this belief onto my cousins as well.
A childhood belief about people

others believed things like this
- When I was young I used to believe if you gave a seagull an alka seltzer it would explode— Tonya
- I used to belief that when it rained that all the birds died. Where eles did they go for shelter.— K digga
- I used to think that your cousins are your cousins only until they're 21, then they become your aunt,or uncle!— AMILA
- i used to think that every family had a brother and sister and they married eachother when they got olderAnon
- I used to think an evil spirit type thing called Wango lived in my dog. I was terrified of that dog.— Franklin
- I used to say " The ghost is clear!" Instead of "The coast is clear"— Jake