My father used to tell me that the mannequins in the mall were aliens, and if touched would shock me. I, until i was 12, was terrified.
A childhood belief about going shopping

others believed things like this
- My dad he used to tell me that mannequins were actually people who had been frozen.— Alecia
- I used to think that mannequins were real people who had been beheaded. Creepy thought....
Anon - I used to believe that The Mall Of America was in Canada. — Adam
- I used to believe that mall directories were magic because they always knew where you were.— eric
- I used to think that a strip mall was where you shop naked.— WD
- I used to think that bath beads were candy until I bit into one! What a shock that it was soap!— ~K~