When I was younger I used to go the beach a lot and everytime I picked up a shell near the ocean it would make a loud noise. I thought it was angry that I was trying to take one of its shells so I always put it back.
A childhood belief about water

others believed things like this
- I used to think shell macaroni was sea shells.— Don Northrup
- I believed everytime the toilet flushed a wave broke on a beach— Jenelle
- i used to believe that the water in the ocean went away a night......then came back in the morning.— Beverly
- If you don't smash egg shells witches use them as boats.— Sarah
- We were told that if you played with egg shells you would get worts !— GAJ
- I used to think that walnut furniture was made out of the shells.— Cambria Consuelo