when I was little, my mom told me that those big round water towers were filled with alligators. for years, i pictured their insides with a giant alligator habitat in the bottom, with balconies above, men in white lab coats taking notes on clipboards. I finally got her to tell me the truth when i was about 12...
A childhood belief about water towers
others believed things like this
- On family road trips, my parents always told me that water towers were filled with chocolate.— Edith
- I used to believe that water towers were giant metal spiders. Don't ask. — Goatgirl
- I used to think that water towers were giant golf tees.— adam
- ***I used to believe that water towers was a place that someone lived and they controlled the water.— C H R I S T E N
- My freinds mother said that if you hold a cat without supporting its bottom, that its insides would fall out.— Jessie
- I used to think water towers were where everyone's uh...waste...went to from the toilets.— Stephanie