When I was about 10 (not sure how old exactly), I heard that I was moving to Pennsylvania. With a feeling of shock and horror, I replied with, "Isn't that where Dracula lives?" Of course my folks got a big kick out of this and said yes, refusing to replace PENNsylvaina with TRANsylvania.
A childhood belief about places

others believed things like this
- I used to think Dracula was from Pennsylvania.Anon
- When I was about 4 and I saw the clouds moving sideways, I thought that Earth was moving closer to the Sun— Helen
- I used to believe that the Lehigh tunnel in Pennsylvania was created by Superman.— Holz
- I used to think the entire state of Pennsylvania was made out of pencils.— Pencil-vania
- When ever we went to the gas station, it was to replace the blinker fluid.Anon
- I was always afraid of dracula so i would put tons of blankets over my neck— Lissa