I watched a documntary with my parents discussing "sludge" that aired on 60 minutes. Throughout the program they showed footage of large trucks pushing the sludge around. For whatever reason, throughout the program these trucks were backing up to push the sludge around. Well, when big trucks back-up, an identifyable alarm sounds to alert anyone behind truck . . . "beep, beep, beep." I was convinced that this sound was the "sludge alarm" (like a tornado alarm) and that you had to run away or be buried by sludge.
A childhood belief about in the street

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that semi trucks were cement trucks, and that actual semis were just big trucks.— Joe Schmoe
- I used to believe that if you weed your pants, an alarm would go off and everyone would know you did it.— Mr Ice Creamie
- I used to think that fire trucks and ambulances drove all the way back to the station backwards.— Tim
- I used to believe that fire trucks were filled with water. — Renee
- I used to believe that the brown UPS trucks kidnapped kids.— Kim
- i asked my step dad why i never see icecream trucks in cali and he said there iligel— brittany