I used to think that the man in the black coat and top hat on those neighborhood watch signs was a real person. I used to avoid looking out the living room window in fear that he’d be there outside spying on me.
A childhood belief about in the street

others believed things like this
- When I was a wee one I believed dogs were either black or white underneath thier coat....It was the 60's.— maddog
- I used to look for an Indian along the roadside because of signs that stated
"watch for fallen rock"— pam petry - I used to think that if a white person and a black person has a baby it would be mexican.— J
- when I was growing up I truly believed that my neighborhood was the only neighborhood with "THE CORNER"— Brid
- I had a fear of seeing a person in the corner of the mirror(most of the time a morlock)— Shane
- After watching a crazy TV show, I believed that aliens were real. I still have a little fear of them. — Niki005