From the ages of 4-10 (I'm 10) I thought a "Cat Burgler" was a person who stole cats.
A childhood belief about criminals

others believed things like this
- I used to beleieve (when VERY young; 12 actually!) that cat burglars stole cats!— Woody
- When I was really little i thought serial killers were people who stole your cereal.Anon
- My sister and I thought cats and dogs were the same animal, the dogs were male and the cats were female.— Paul
- I alwaysused to think white cats were girls, and black cats were male ...— Smiley Face
- I used to believe that the cats eyes in the road...reflectors...were the eyeballs from real cats.— Liza P.
- I used to believe the toot fairy stole your money.
-Dante-— Dante