My dad told me that once a Gravitron ride at a carnival had come loose, flown into the air, crashed down and killed everybody on it. I could never ride it again even though most people thought it was the best ride.
A childhood belief about physics

others believed things like this
- my brother told me that if i ride my bike with my mouth open i will swallow my tounge. Anon
- I used to believe that you had to sit in the splitz to ride a kayak! — Anna
- The Beatles song "Ticket to Ride" always came out "She's got a tick in her eye."— Kurt
- I used to believe that the pirates on the pirates of the caribbean ride would come to life and eat me!— Captain Jack Sparrow
- I used to think that a "carnival barker" was a person who barks like a dog at a carnival.Anon
- when i was little i thought a serial killer was someone who killed people for their cereal— emily