My dad told me that we were going to have a huge earthquake soon and California was going to break off and fall in the water. I was traumatized thinking that we were all going to die soon until my mom found me crying and set me straight.
A childhood belief about disasters

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that when there was an earthquake, rocks would fall from the sky.— Nai
- I thought the song Hotel California by the Eagles said "Welcome to Oakdale California— JewLea
- I used to think making straight A's in school was literally writing A's straight. Anon
- I used to believe that if you didn't eat your crust on the bread, there would be an earthquake.Anon
- when i was 4 i thought an earthquake was an earth cake!— chardog
- I used to think that if I told even one little whhite lie, I would go straight to hell.— Debbie