When I was younger, I had a friend who told me that if you farted and then immediately turned off the light, the fart couldn't find you.
A childhood belief about farting

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that if you farted really hard, you could fart a hole in your pants. How dumb was that?— stargirl
- I once told a friend of mine that if you held in a smelly burp, it'd turn into a fart. She believed me.Anon
- i believed that if you farted too much in a room and you were to light a flame your house would blow up— the nuclear fart
- when i was younger (8 or 9) and i farted my dad used to tell me not to worry, that my bum just coughed.— james
- When I was younger, I used to believe if i covered my ears before I farted no one else would hear it.— Lime
- That only men farted. I literally started sobbing the first time I realized I farted.Anon