I used to believe that it was safe to be in the basement during tornadoes because tornadoes didn't have legs to walk down the stairs.
A childhood belief about disasters

others believed things like this
- I used to think that tornadoes were giant tomatoes that would sit on top of your house until everyone died.— Maggie
- I used to believe that tornadoes were spinning jack-o-lanterns in the air bent on destroying my house.Anon
- when i was little i always asked my mom if my aunt had ant legs or people legs.— kelly
- I used to think the song "Walk this way" by Arosmith went horse and sleigh insted of singing walk this way.— Derek
- I used to believe you could walk on clouds. And you would be able to walk in space on the edge of the world.— Alex
- I used to think a female daddy-long-legs was called a "mummy-long-legs".Anon