When I was younger I was convinced that ET lived in the city water towers (they kinda look like a UFOs).
Every time we would pass one in the car I would point and shout "That's where ET lives, right mommy!?" She'd just agree.
A childhood belief about water towers

others believed things like this
- i thought that if water towers fell the city would flood. So everynight i would stay up worrying.— o.O haku
- ***I used to believe that water towers was a place that someone lived and they controlled the water.— C H R I S T E N
- I used to see water towers and think that Aladdin lived in them. I don't have a clue why.— Jessy
- I used to believe that teachers lived in ufos at night and tha's why they dressed so weird.— llama queen
- I used to think water towers were where everyone's uh...waste...went to from the toilets.— Stephanie
- I used to believe that water towers were giant metal spiders. Don't ask. — Goatgirl