When I was a kid, I met a man who had lost 4 of his fingers on the one hand. I was told that he lost them on a fan belt in the car, so from then on I was terrified that I would lose my fingers if I touched the air conditioning cover in the car, where you adjust the intensity of the air coming through... little did I know that the fan belt was under the bonnet, and had nothing to do with the air con cover.
A childhood belief about cars
others believed things like this
- I beleived that if i bit my fingers then the nails in my stomach would soon form a hand and rip up my insides!— Amanda T.
- That if you didn't have your seat belt buckled up when the car was in motion, it would crash.— Dave Smith
- I used to believe that the Mormon Temple in Washington DC was Disney World. It sure does from the belt way.— William Scheren
- I was told that if one doesn't cover their mouth when yawning that their soul would escape.Anon
- My sister told me that if I picked my nose there were snail creatures inside of it that would bite my fingers.Anon
- I thought your fingers would grow back if they got cut off— Nate