When I was a very little girl - 4, 5, 6? - we had a console-style stereo. It was about 4 feet long, and 3 feet high (with six-inch spindle legs). It had radio, 8-track, and a turntable. I was convinced that a group of small people lived inside somewhere and that was how the music was made!
A childhood belief about radio

others believed things like this
- My music teacher once said that music in an electrical piano was made by little tiny men that lived inside it.Anon
- When I was little, I was convinced that musicians lived inside the radio...little versions of them, that is!— pcmkrfn
- When I got my feet measured by the electronic machine, I thought that the machine will squash my feet!— Helen
- I used to think my feet were made of cheese!!: )— chatterbox
- I used to think that if you leave the Xbox console on too long, it will overheat and explode! — Jan
- when i was young i used to believe that chewing gum was made out of cows feetAnon