i always thought that if you went into the basement or the garage without any lights on that someone would kill me, but if the lights were on i'd be fine. Even to this day when i'm done in the basement i run up the steps slam the door and turn off the lights...like they couldn't just shoot me in the back
A childhood belief about basements

others believed things like this
- I believed that traffic lights had police officers inside them, turning the lights on and off...— CrowHeart
- when i was about 5-8 i used to believe that oompa loompas lived in traffic lights and controlled the lights!!— ~wierd ~
- I used to believe that God controlled the traffic lights. He would decide when it was everybody's turn to go.— Amanda
- I would turn the lights off and then leg it up the stairs thinking a monster would be chasing me.Anon
- When I was little I thought that the street lights went out after everyone went to bed.— supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
- When I was little, I was thought that little elves controlled the traffic lights..— Rosie