When I was 4-6, my uncle moved into a new house. He had a huge basement with a wooden staircase. Due to the Home Alone series which I loved, I was afraid to climb down the stairs because I thought I'd fall through
A childhood belief about basements

others believed things like this
- when i was younger i thought that when you moved house your house moved with you!!— chrissy
- I used to believe that when you moved house you swapped house with the person moving into your old house.Anon
- When I was little my uncle had a huge adams apple. He told me he'd swallowed a marble.— Stacey
- My uncle told me if you twist your bellybutton, your bum will fall off, I was terrified!— little2ft
- when i was young i believed that when u moved house the house would come with you !!!
just like a turtleAnon - I used to think when we moved, it was because we were exchanging our house with the buyer's... — Pat