I used to believe that electricity was these little soldiers on horses charging in a straight line out of the socket. I knew I shouldn't get close or touch a electric socket and I thought if I did these guys would come out and hurt me.
A childhood belief about physics
others believed things like this
- If you left a plug socket on with no plug in all the power would run outAnon
- I used to believe that cats were the girls and dogs were the guys. Same with cows and horses.Anon
- My mother told me that if I lay too close to our electric radiator (heater) my brains would melt.
— robyn c. - I was convinced that Gorilla soldiers in Vietnam in the 70's were real Gorillas attacking other Soldiers.— Mario
- When I was little I thought cows married horses, cows were all female and horses were all male. — Sheila
- I used to believe that north was always straight ahead. I could never face south, but I knew it was behind me!— Bruces