On my playground there were a few power boxes with a warning sign that looks like an angry electricity bolt. I was convinced that if you got too close to a transformer a monster would come out and shock you.
A childhood belief about monsters

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that Electricity was chiped overseas in large thick rubber boxes on ships.Anon
- I used to believe that the "no outlet" sign on roads was a warning to people driving electric cars.— c
- when i was young i thought the if i would dress up as a transformer i could fly to school on haloween— ben
- When I was 10 I thought that if you smoked once God would shoot you with a lightning bolt!— tHOMAS
- I was told that if your ever swore in church, as you walked out God would strike you with a bolt of lightning.— Lou
- I thought for the longest time that a No Standing traffic sign meant no person should stand near that sign.— Shannon