I thought identity theft is when someone kills someone else and literally steals their identity (like they shapechange into them somehow)
A childhood belief about criminals

others believed things like this
- A billboard sign read: Moonshine kills.
I thought being caught outside by the moon would kill me. Humph.Anon - I thought a contract killer was someone who kills people who break a contract— Nate
- I thought that Heaven was literally up in the sky and you could fly there in a plane— Nate
- I thought that 'burning' DVDs and CDs was literally incinerating them. — These Tunes Are FIRE!
- When my mom would say that my eyes were bigger than my stomach I thought she meant it literally.— Amanda
- I thought if someone is in a vegatative state they literally turn into a giant vegetable!— Samilton Duerheiser