Due to my extreme fear of E.T. (yes that cute little alien), I used to believe that anything the color of brown could instantly morph into E.T. even though the movie never displayed that he had any morphing powers.
A childhood belief about aliens

others believed things like this
- When I was little, I thought dying your hair would give you the color AND hairstyle displayed on the box. Anon
- I thought the ball-headed person in the Bic logo was an alien and communicated using alien-like noises.Anon
- I used to believe that the disposable BBQ's had the meat displayed on the packaging was included inside. — Raggamuffin
- Oh oh, I'm an alien, I'm a little alien...
Legal maybe?— Marina - I thought the lyrics to "Don't fear the reaper" were "Don't fear the reefer"— who new?
- My mom always used to tell me that brown eggs came from brown chickens.— Taylor