I thought spirits of the deceased would float around on earth while we still lived and would watch everything we did..
A childhood belief about ghosts

others believed things like this
- I used to watch the clouds blowing across the sky and think I was seeing evidence of the earth's rotation.— Dave T
- I used to believe we lived IN the earth rather than ON it.— AC
- I used to believe that we lived inside the earth!— Natalie Howley
- I held my breath near cemeteries because I thought it would be rude to inhale spirits. Anon
- I used to believe that human lived inside the planet earth and not on its surface.— Giancarlo
- when i was abotu 5 or 6 i thought that if i were to pull hard enough on my pants, i would float away— Aaron