I used to think the Earth was going to explode eventually. I was certain because if I put my ear to the floor, I heard a deep low rumbling. It was a serious sound to my inexperienced ears.
A childhood belief about disasters

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that, in cities, if you dug deep enough in anyone's lawn, eventually you'd hit the concrete.— Kevin Fox
- My dad use to tell me that if I swallowed gum it would plug up my bum hole and eventually I would explode,— Carrie
- When I was younger - I used to believe my stomach rumbling was little people in there talking to me.Anon
- When I was a kid I though facial hair on a man is what gave them the deep voice — Adrian Z.
- i used to think that it you kept the volume off on the teleivision set. it would explode.— kath
- i used to believe there were invisible sharks in the deep end of the pool, thanks to my older brother.— Melissa