My grandfather told me that the foam at the edge of the ocean would suck you in if you got too close. Said a little boy was grabbed before his mom could reach him and was never found again. I believed it for the longest time and refused to go near the foam.
A childhood belief about water

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- I believed that the yellowish foam by the ocean was dolphin pee because my dad told me Anon
- i used to think that the foam in the ocean was whipped cream. until i tasted itAnon
- i used to believe that the white foam on the surface of the ocean were unicorns trying to escape.— intunedwithmagic
- I used to believe that the foam that sometimes washes up on the beach was shark saliva... — Tiffany
- When i was about 4 or 5, for the longest time, i believed that the preist of our church was god.— hunnybee
- For the longest time I believed New Hampshire was New Hamster and that was where all the hamsters came from. — Giny