I used to believe that there were very thin men who would work inside the traffic lights. I believed that they had hamburgers on their head (the pile went all the way up to the top), and I would be happy for them when they could leave, and walk again, once another man had taken his place.
A childhood belief about traffic lights

others believed things like this
- I believed that traffic lights had police officers inside them, turning the lights on and off...— CrowHeart
- I used to belive there were people under the traffic lights, otherwise they wouldn't work...Anon
- When i was little i always thought there were little men inside the traffic lights changing the light— Kiley
- I thought traffic lights were controlled by little men who lived inside them. Anon
- "Traffic lights are operated by monkies inside of them" or so a very reliable source informed me.— guuy
- For a very long time I believed that there were little men underground that changed the traffic lights!— Melissa