When I was about 6 I believed that traffic lights were controlled by men who worked underground in a darkened room with stone walls and floors. The men would make the lights change by pulling on the appropriate string, which dangled from the ceiling.
A childhood belief about traffic lights

others believed things like this
- when i was about 5-8 i used to believe that oompa loompas lived in traffic lights and controlled the lights!!— ~wierd ~
- For a very long time I believed that there were little men underground that changed the traffic lights!— Melissa
- I used to believe that God controlled the traffic lights. He would decide when it was everybody's turn to go.— Amanda
- i used to beleive that elves controlled traffic lights.— Jessica
- When I was little, I was thought that little elves controlled the traffic lights..— Rosie
- I thought traffic lights were controlled by little men who lived inside them. Anon