I used to think because when the lights were off lightening was white, if I turned the lights on it would turn black.
A childhood belief about thunder and lightning

others believed things like this
- I believed that traffic lights had police officers inside them, turning the lights on and off...— CrowHeart
- when i was about 5-8 i used to believe that oompa loompas lived in traffic lights and controlled the lights!!— ~wierd ~
- I used to believe that there where little mice the the street lights that turned them on and off.Anon
- I used to believe that God controlled the traffic lights. He would decide when it was everybody's turn to go.— Amanda
- I would turn the lights off and then leg it up the stairs thinking a monster would be chasing me.Anon
- I thought that old movies were black and white because the world was black and white then. — K