My dad used to tell me that he can control the metallic signs on the streets, he turns the high beam of the headlights so the signs reflects the light and appear like they were lighting, then he turns the beam low again to turn them off ! i was 6 back then.
A childhood belief about in the street

others believed things like this
- I used to think that if you shone a flashlight beam onto a lightbulb long enough, it would eventually light.— Karen K
- Having seen enough red octagonal STOP signs in my time, I used to look out for green circular GO signs.— Gary
- I thought that cars could only make turns when you used the turn signals...— Toby
- I used to believe that when you put toast in the refrigerator, it turns back into bread. — sambot
- I used to think there was a crayon called "window color." Turns out there isn't. — Not the brightest crayon in the box
- I thought if you get gangrene your skin turns green— Cyberdemon