When I was a child and first heard about murder, I thought why don't the police just get a doctor's light and look at the back of the dead person's eyes? I was sure the face of the murderer would be recorded there, much like film being developed. Sure could solve a lot of crimes!
A childhood belief about people

others believed things like this
- when i was little, i thought that a con artist was a person that painted pictures of people commiting crimes— kimkim
- I used to believe that a wake was something you go to to try to bring the dead person back to life.Anon
- When I was child I used to believe the future going to be similar like in the film Back to the future part 2 — Frankie
- I thought that when you went over a speedbumb it was a dead person who had been hit by a car!Anon
- I thought the song "Karma Police" was actually saying "call the police" before I learned the title— Alberto Richardson
- When I used to see the sign 'police accident' I thought it meant that a police car had crashed.Anon