When I was young I used to believe that a little white rat, with a white chain for a tail (I used to see it too, and even point him out to my younger sister), was a little ghost, and it would warn me of bad people around me by rattleling it's tail. Although it terrified my sister, I was always seeking it. It always made me feel safe. Go figure!!!
A childhood belief about ghosts

others believed things like this
- We told our little sister that she had a long bushy tail and she fully believed us for ages!!Anon
- I wish to beleive that white Christmast was for white people.— Ati Mosupyoe
- I used to believe that a "ghost-driver" was a car driving with a white sheet over it.— Nynke
- I beleived that the reason Birch trees were white was because they saw Casper the Freindly Ghost.— Anela
- When I was very little, I used to believe that bacon came from the tail of a pig because it was curly!!— Audrey
- I used to believe that a cat's butt hole was on the tip of his tail.— PANTS