When I was younger my older brother convinced me that underneath the screw covers on the door handle of my mom's car there was a button that would turn the car into a airplane. I had nightmares about the car turning into a plane and impaling the cars next to it.
A childhood belief about cars

others believed things like this
- i used to believe the turning signals on cars helped them turn sharp corners.— Julia
- My friend's sister used to think the auto pilot on a plane was an inflatable man like the one in Airplane!— Richard Davies
- My brother told me that I would turn into a boy when I got older. It made me cry.— Sarah
- When I was very small. by older brother told me that if I "Kissed my own elbow, I would turn into a boy."Anon
- I used to believe that one day, my younger brother would be older than me and then he'd pick on me!— Andrew
- I used to believe that you could not make the car turn left or right without turning the blinker on.— Christy Shane