When I was about 3 or 4, I thought that a TV worked because there were little people behind the TV. So whenever I was watching Sesame Street or something, I'd look behind the TV and be confused as to why there were no people there.
A childhood belief about tv

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that “Emo” was related to Elmo from Sesame Street.Anon
- I seriously used to believe that Bert from Sesame Street lived in my closet and that he was going to kill me.— Liz
- I used to beleive in stores that were open 24/7 , that the people that worked there worked 24/7 nonstop.Anon
- I thought that Count Dracula was the count from Sesame StreetAnon
- I used to think that there were small people on TV who worked when I turned on the TV— JAVIER
- I used to believe that the people that worked in stores slept right there on the floor and lived there. Anon