When my dad moved to texas, his friend's family had a well in their back yard. When he and his friend would play back there, the mom would shout "Stay away from that well!" with her heavy texan accent.
For years, my dad thought that there was a dangerous whale inside of the well.
A childhood belief about around the house

others believed things like this
- I believed until near adulthood that when I was 6 or 7 I had actually flown for several feet in my back yard. — Jane S Poole
- i used to think, when i was about 4 that i lived inside a whale because i live ion the country Wales— mike
- When I was little, my dad had a friend named Scott. I thought my dad's friend was the king of Scotland— Uhhh....
- i used to believe that edward scissorhands lived in our family friend's attic.Anon
- When I was 5, I argued with a friend because I thought I never have been 3 years oldAnon
- When I was around seven years-old, my friend and I put a rock in a microwave and thought it would melt.— Lars