I believed that a census was taken by a helicopter that flew over the cities and someone was there counting each and every person
A childhood belief about technology

others believed things like this
- when i was little i used to believe that when you died a helicopter came to take you to heaven— purplefish
- I used to believe that everytime i saw a helicopter the A-team were in it on their way to fight the baddies!— Natalie
- Turtles can fly. I believed it for ages.
My turtle got lost or probably died and I was told it flew away.Anon - i used to believe cars could fly, but only the rich had them in big cities. Thus, i never saw them.— kevin
- I used to believe that ATM'S had little people inside them counting moneyAnon
- I used to believe that, in cities, if you dug deep enough in anyone's lawn, eventually you'd hit the concrete.— Kevin Fox