I used to think that traffic lights were controlled by some dude in a building nearby that flipped a switch so that the lights would turn red or green. No matter where I went, I would look around and wonder where that dude could be hiding.
A childhood belief about traffic lights

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that God controlled the traffic lights. He would decide when it was everybody's turn to go.— Amanda
- when i was about 5-8 i used to believe that oompa loompas lived in traffic lights and controlled the lights!!— ~wierd ~
- 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
- i used to believe that the green arrows on the traffic lights told you which way you had to go to get home.— Helen