Michelin had an ad campaign when I was really little (mid-70s) where the Michelin Man would come thundering over hill tops etc., so when a bad storm would kick up, I thoughtit was the Michelin Man coming to get me1
A childhood belief about adverts

others believed things like this
- After Grange Hill's "Just say no campaign" that people would force me to take drugs ... if only.— Netty
- When I was little, I used to believe that the tops of trees touched the sky.Anon
- I was convinced that hot air sinks. Why else are mountain tops cold, and Death Vally is so hot?— Not-my-wife
- I used to believe that sonic booms were huge explosions that only occured at the very tops of mountains.— Jessica Tinch
- I used to believe that it wasn't wind that made the tops of trees move.. It was dinosaurs.— H
- i used to think that Anonymous was a super famous person and Anon was his side-kick XD— AJ aka adrienne