When I was little I used to think that when we left the house another family lived there and played with my toys. If a toy went missing I blamed it on the "other" child who lived there when we left.
A childhood belief about toys

others believed things like this
- i used to think teachers lived in the classrooms b/c they were there before you came and after you left.— josieg
- It never occured to me as a child that teachers lived in houses. I thought they lived at school...— Heidi, Pittsburgh, PA
- When i was small i used to think god lived on top of my house and the devil lived right underneath it.— Missuss D
- I used to think that a family of evil bears lived in my grandparent's attic.— jasonchic
- i used to believe that edward scissorhands lived in our family friend's attic.Anon
- I used to hold my hand over my hair whenever i left the house and it was windy incase my hair blew away— lisa