When I was about 8 or 9 I asked my brother why there were always big storms at the Cape of Good Hope (I think we had been watching some adventure film about Pirates). He proceeded to give me a long and detailed explanation. Apparently the Atlantic Ocean was actually 32 feet higher than the Pacific Ocean. Where the two Oceans met, this large gap resulted in violent crashing of waves as the waters came together.
Completely plausible and beleived by me for many years.
A childhood belief about water
others believed things like this
- I used to believe that somebody turned the ocean waves off at night.— David
- I used to believe that the waves in the ocean were made from whales swimming by...— Tina
- I used to think that the song "My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean" was really "My Body Lies Over the Ocean."Anon
- i didnt knew it rained over the ocean...Anon
- I used to believe that there was an off switch to the ocean so that it could go to sleep at night.Anon
- At the ocean's horizon there was a giant waterfall.— Stephanie