I used to believe that the dark spots on sidewalks were the remains of people who had been struck by lightning. I tried very hard to avoid stepping on those spots when walking down the street.
A childhood belief about people

others believed things like this
- When I was little, I used to believe chocolate milk came from cows with brown spots.Anon
- My daughter belived that she was getting old because she had brown spots (freckles) like an old banana— lauren
- I used to think that jewish men wore "kippots" or "yarmulkes" to cover their bald spots..— Charlotte
- I always thought thunder was the sound of the crumbling buildings, after lightning had struck them.Anon
- I used to believe that jay walking was walking naked on the street. — Kendra
- i believed that thunder and lightning came out of the alley across the street from my house.Anon