I thought you could make an active volcano erupt just by dropping a bomb or grenade in the mouth of it. For some reason it didn't occur to me that if that was the case why hasn't some terrorist or someone set off a volcano that way?
A childhood belief about disasters
others believed things like this
- I used to believe that inside each volcano there was a guy who'd press a button to make it erupt.— Jim, UK
- i used to believe that a volcano was an upside-down UFO in disguise— Sally
- When I was little I taught that a volcano was a fish.Don't know why,it just sounded like a fish name.— Daniel
- I used to tape my mouth shut at night in case a spider would come along and make a web in my belly.Anon
- When I was little I thought the london underground was a terrorist organisationAnon
- I couldn't understand why my grandmother wore an ear-grenade (hearing aid). It sounded very dangerous to meAnon