Once when I was about seven, I took a peppermint from the Brach's pick and mix display at the supermarket. I hid it in my closet because I was terrified that the police would come and arrest me for it. I found the peppermint a couple of years ago when I was cleaning out my closet at my parents' house...it was still there!
A childhood belief about police

others believed things like this
- When I was young I thought that York Peppermint Patties were illegal drugs.— Shirley B.
- I used to believe that if you did not keep your shoes tied, that the police would arrest you.— Kelly
- My mom threatened that if I didn't eat all my vegetables that the police would come and arrest me.— Lisa T.
- i used to believe that there was a pirate n my closet .— Natyyyy
- i used to believe that i could avoid death by locking myself in a closet.— babie
- I used to believe my bedroom closet was actually a time machine.— Carrie