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i used to think that when you die you actually "kicked a bucket" i didnt know about figure of speech back then i watched too many cartoons back then now i go on the computer too much

step away from the video game consoles

There were never many motorcyclists where I grew up so I guess I had seen something where a bad guy rode a motorcycle because one time I was peering out the window I saw somebody driving around my cul-de-sac on a motorcycle and then and there I knew I was going to die because it was a bad guy coming to get me. It was the worst feeling I had ever felt to this day.

Anon

When I was little I thought when you died your tongue would hang out of your mouth like a dog's tongue. So when my brother and I played cowboys and Indians and we got "shot" we'd fall to the ground with our tongues hanging out, except our tongues were pointed upwards and not downwards. I guess we didn't know about gravity at that time!

Nikki

When I was little, I used to believe that my grandparents would never die & that only OTHER kids' grandparents died, not mine. Then they started passing away, starting with my grandfather when I was 9, & I learned that I could keep them alive in my heart. I'm 52 & can still "see & hear" them clearly in my mind. I will never forget any of them.

Brdiecat

When I was around 9 my neighbor, sister and I sat down to play on the Uijji Board. We all closed our eyes and did the whole ritual. We supposedly met a man named "Fernando" who died in a freak balooning accident. I got really scared and asked all these serious questions like, "Do you think we should ask him if we could bring him back?! but he might make us kill someone!." I was really terrified, I tried talking to Fernando all the time after that. I now know it was nothing more than an immature prank. *sigh*

Emily

When I was 7, we would go to my grandmas grave and my brother used to tease me by saying,"Dont walk on other peoples graves, they will pull u under the ground and never let u go. u would never see mom or dad ever again." i believed him. i screamed and cried, and i asked my dad to carry me by piggy back. i told my dad what my brother said, he proved my brother wrong..

had aa wacky and weird childhood

my sister told me that if you inhaled repeatedly really quickly that you would die. i was very afraid to do so for many years after haha

Anon

I was about 8 when i thought when there was no more room in heaven, god would put their souls into mall manicans, thats why there eyes follow you.

kaitlin

I used to belive when i was little that after i died, all the people who died before me came back to life, and after they died it would switch back to people of my time, and so on.

Death is scary

When I was very small I thought that people only died when they were very old and then in their sleep. I'd stay overnight at my grandmother's house in the bed where she and my grandfather used to sleep, and I used to lie awake all night imagining her waking up and trying to revive him (in the place where I lay, too). Only years later did I understand that my grandfather had been sick and died in a hospital (two years before I was born).

queeneve

When I was little, I believed that when humans or animals died, they'd turn into another animal, plant or human.

Kiki

For some odd reason, when I was a kid, I used to believe that if I died, I would still see the world through someone else's eyes, maybe like reincarnation, I don't know. But that ended one day when someone asked me if I can see the world through someone else's eyes when I'm asleep. Guess not. heh.

Skye

When I was about 7 years old, I remember when Elvis died, then later that week I heard on the car radio that another public figure had died. I then asked my mom, "How come more and more people are dying", She was patient and explained to me that it happens at the end of someones life and that it was normal and I was just becoming more aware of it. Looking at it now, that was pretty funny and I just wonder how my Mom didnt burst out into laughter. the patience of mothers!

T.I.

This isn't mine but my uncle's. You see, my dad's family was poor and they all got one pop thing a week. One of his brother's saved it and another one drank it all at once. The brother that drank it all at once would drink the brother who saved it. So the one who saved it decided that he would save his old bottle and pee in it so when the other one tried to drink it he would learn a lesson. Well he forgot he peed in it and he drank it and when he remembered he was so scared he thought he would die! He ran all over the house crying histerically telling everyone he would miss them so much!!!!!!!

Marah

I was over at my friend's house when I was about 4, and her folks were watching something about Elvis on TV. I didn't know who he was as my folks were more Rolling Stones/Beatles/Dylan fans.

My friend was a whole 6 mos older than me, and thought she knew everything. So she she started telling me all about him, and I swear she told me that he died from drinking too much grape juice.

It put me off drinking grape juice for many years, much to the puzzlement of my mom.

And I don't remember this too well, but my parents tell me I came home that day and did a wicked Elvis impersonation - You Ain't Nothin' But a Hound Dog - complete with the hip/leg thing. I don't know, since I don't remember (or have repressed it, lol). It is a mystery.

For the record, as a grown-up, I am not a particular fan of Elvis, but I don't dislike him either.

Ellusion

I use to believe that if you faint half your life was gone. I remember when I was about 6, my sister had fainted, and I started crying. My reason being is that I thought my sister had lost half her life.

If this was true, I would have been dead now. I'm glad that I can say it was an 'I used to believe' theory.

Bazinga

I remember i used to believe that after death we were reborn...
When i was 4 years old, on sunday, i went to eat at my grandparents. As i used to believe that after death we were reborn, i took my teddy and i gave it to my grandfather and told him "take grandfather, it's for your rebirth".
My grandfather said "When we die, we don't come to life again"
Since, then have been very choched but it helped me realize that we only have one life and we have to enjoy it.

Anon

My grandmother once showed me a photo of a little girl in a photo album. She told me that this girl used to live next door, and that she was playing in her room one day. Her parents, who were downstairs, heard a thump from her room, and when they got there, she was dead on the floor. She had been playing with a plug socket, and had been electrocuted. This gave me the worst nightmares of my childhood.
I later found out that the girl in the photo was my Aunt, aged about 4. I have no idea why Nana told me this, it was completely unprovoked, and we hadn't been discussing anything to do with electricity etc when she told me...we had been having a great time looking at old pictures!!

Mairin

i believed in reincarnation and wen u died u come back as a pet, so ur pet now could of been the soul of an old man or woman

Tara

When I was in 1st grade I had to stay after and wash the chalkboard. And as I was washing it I had a nickle in my mouth. Well I reached up to clean the high part of the board and swallowed the nickle and for the longest time I thought I was going to die.

Stephanie