I used to love to stare at the moon when I was younger. My mum told me if I point at the moon, my ear would drop off / be cut off.
I had visions of a moon man (obviously with a face like the moon) coming down and slicing off my ears with his moon knife.
I'm 22 now. I still won't point at the moon.
A childhood belief about outer space
others believed things like this
- i used to think that the moon would follow you in the car, also that it looked like a half moon.— natalie k
- I used to believe that Moon is the kid of Sun, because it has less light and Moon smiles with kids. — Syed Arbab Ahmed
- I always saw a crocodile on the moon, none of this man-in-the-moon nonsenseAnon
- when i was little, my dad told me that the moon is chasing me..quite cool~— lily
- I used to believe that the moon followed me everywhere I went.— Ann
- I used to believe that the sun, stars, and moon were following me when in a car.— Toy