An older cousin used to tell us that if we call the number 7777777 on the phone at midnight, it will reach hell directly. We can speak to our deceased relatives.
A childhood belief about afterlife

others believed things like this
- I always thought that my relatives were really tiny, and inside my phone when I talked to them on the phone.Anon
- when i was little i believed that your social security number was the number you were born on the earth — christine
- I used to believe that if you said hell 50 times you went to hell— a big boff
- After being told by my parents or relatives to "behave," I would usually reply: "I am being have."— Ed
- My sister used to think that there was an oil well under every gas station that led directly to the gas pump.Anon
- I used to think you could drive to heaven to visit your friends and relatives who had died before....— wombat