For the longest time when I was little, I was scared to ride in any elevators. I would either hold on to the railing or onto my mother very tightly and close my eyes. I used to believe that when it started going up or down, any small child would be hurled in the opposite direction and stuck there until it stopped, thus causing them to be hurt badly. This more so in hospital elevators so they could have patients to work on.
A childhood belief about technology

others believed things like this
- I use to think elevators were alligators & cantalope was antelopes.Anon
- I used to think that smoking was good since it was banned in elevators.— olikafibi
- I used to believe that elevators were gates to other worlds and the void.Anon
- I used to believe that it was the law to hold the railing when you're walking down/up stairs— Brit
- i thought that you had like a box or something inside you to hold your soul for the longest time— jill
- i used to believe that everyone was born as the opposite sex, and that you changed when you started school.— llama