I used to believe tiny people worked underground at stop lights, watching for cars coming and going. They were in charge of making the lights change color, watching through parascope like binoculars.
A childhood belief about traffic lights

others believed things like this
- I thought that little tiny people changed the color of the stop lights.Anon
- For a very long time I believed that there were little men underground that changed the traffic lights!— Melissa
- When trains (subways) go underground, my little sister thought that the lights were shooting stars.— Katie
- I used to believe that I could change street lights with my mindAnon
- I believed that traffic lights had police officers inside them, turning the lights on and off...— CrowHeart
- when i was about 5-8 i used to believe that oompa loompas lived in traffic lights and controlled the lights!!— ~wierd ~