As a child I used to believe that people can swim into the lava while it comes out of the volcano. I also had the image of a man diving into the lava.
A childhood belief about disasters
others believed things like this
- I used to think Tomato soup was Lava.— Daniel Green
- i used to believe lava and water made electricityAnon
- I believed that the astronauts from the Challenger disaster managed to survive by diving into the sea.— Claire
- i used to believe that a volcano was an upside-down UFO in disguise— Sally
- I used to believe that inside each volcano there was a guy who'd press a button to make it erupt.— Jim, UK
- When I was little I taught that a volcano was a fish.Don't know why,it just sounded like a fish name.— Daniel