When I was little I thought for some reason that peoples souls looked like black mini wheats, but they were a bit bigger, about the size of a beach ball. When you died they floated out through the top of your head up to heaven sorta like a helium balloon.
A childhood belief about people

others believed things like this
- My sister told me once that if I sucked too much helium out of a balloon, my lungs would explode.Anon
- I used to believe that the rays of sun coming through clouds were how God led newly dead souls into heaven.— Jenni
- I used to believe that when my fish died and floated to the top, it was playing dead.— Alycia T
- I used to believe that everytime a balloon was released , it meant that a child had recently died.— Samantha
- I used to belive that the New Years ball exploded, and people who were near it died.— Angela
- I used to believe that your brain was a red rubber ball inside your head.— Greg