Not knowing the word “tailgater,” I assumed that it must be a variety of alligator. Family trips to Colorado were terrifying for me, given that my father spent hours cursing all the tailgaters that were RIGHT… BEHIND… OUR CAR.
A childhood belief about excursions

others believed things like this
- i used to believe that my father always told us to close the doors to keep the giraffes out ... terrifying— lee
- I believed that if I swallowed my phlegm I would die. I spent hours spitting it out into the toilet.— chunky munky
- On family road trips, my parents always told me that water towers were filled with chocolate.— Edith
- In kindergarden my friend told me that there were 24 hours in the day and 15 hours in the night.— Cari
- I used to believe Gatorade was made from alligator pee.Anon
- I used to believe that Steak was actually alligator meat. Anon