When I was a child, I used to believe that the force of gravity was an old woman named "Marialonga" sucking down children with her hands.
A childhood belief about physics

others believed things like this
- My Mom used to believe that there was a woman named Mrs. Sippy.— Linda
- When i was a child i used to believe that i became invisible when i covered my hands with my eyes.
— Owen - When I was a child I used to believe that there were two hands inside the TV making the cartoons move.Anon
- When I was a child I used to believe children were being brought by stork.— Matteo
- I used to believe that until gravity was invented, people used to just float around!— Meg
- I thought if someone hadn't passed the Law of Gravity, we would all be floating around in space.— Trudee