I was terrified of the little orange light on the gas meter at nighttime because I thought it was a fire.
A childhood belief about disasters

others believed things like this
- I used to be terrified of fire-flys because I believed they would burn if they landed on me.— kevin
- I thought "Orange is the New Black" was about wearing orange to funerals.Anon
- I used to think that the gas meter made antsAnon
- i always thought it was Grape Balls of Fire instead of Great Balls of Fire— Courtney
- i used 2 think if u lied your pants would catch on fire cus of the sayin "lier lier pants on fire!"— nell
- The first time i heard of someone getting fired from a job, i thought that they were actually set on fire.Anon