When I was little I thought that the stones in cemeteries were put there to keep the dead people from getting out of the ground. I eventually mentioned to my mother how relieved I was that the dead people couldn't get out, i had nightmares for years after she told me that wasnt their purpose.
A childhood belief about people
others believed things like this
- I used to believe that a street sign that read "Dead End" meant that there were dead people buried there.Anon
- I used to believe that I couldn't pass by the cemetery at night because the dead people would wake up.— Marcos Carvalho
- I used to think that "cross-eyed" meant that people had X's for eyes, like dead people in cartoons.— Tim
- My older brother told me that speed bumps were really dead people covered in cement.— Trina
- WHEN I WAS FIVE I THOUGHT DEAD PEOPLE
JUST GOT THRONE IN THE BIN AT THERE HOUSE.— JESSELEE GWYNNE (VICTORA) - when i was younger i thought that areoplanes drove dead people to heavenAnon