I used to believe that there was a town named "Woodbie" because of watching the news and hearing about the "woodbie burglar," "woodbie car thief." Took me a few years to figure out it was "would be" - I was relieved, because I thought that Woodbie place had a lot of crime!
A childhood belief about tv

others believed things like this
- I thought Clydesdale was a place dreamed up by a little boy named Clyde.Anon
- At the age of about 5, I thought that any man carrying a bag/sack over his shoulder was a burglar.— Police officer, Ola.
- I always believed that we lived in Manchester (we didn't) but it was always the main place on the local news!— Richard M
- I used to think that Cher really WAS a gypsy and a thief and some kind of egyptian ruler.— Piper
- When i was about 6 years old, i thought God was washing his"LEGO" town, when it was raining here.— Meie
- When i was 6 years old i had a dog named Sandy. And i thought she was made of Sand.— Billy Bob Joe