criminals

I used to beleive the law "Don't drink and drive" meant i couldn't drink ANYTHING in the car. So i would always duck when i saw a police car.

Hesha

I used to believe that you should never take candy from a stranger, because there could be fire inside the candy! Uh-oh!

PiePieTootToot

I use to believe rape meant to attack or rob. So one day when my dad was going to the store late at night I told him "Be careful not to get raped!"

Tiff

When I was little I thought that getting rapped was playing music in a park.

Chelly

I used to believe that people that are mascots or in big animal suits were serial killers

Amanda

There's this coffee house in Knoxville, Tennessee that I've gone to with my mother since I was little. It had a huge deck out back, and there was another little part down some steps. I remember some Gothic girls telling me that there were "bad people" under the stairs, so don't go under them.

I feared the space under the stairs, and avoided that part completely. Even now, I'm still a bit hesitant to walk near there.

Jessica Tinch

When I was little and we would watch America's Most Wanted they said most of the people could be found in Florida, where I live and I thought that the murderer's were outside the window watching and would kill us for watching the show and trying to catch them. It terrified me!

Sarah

When I was seven I tried to make a movie play on a TV at the store. The TV went off and made a loud noise and I ran away because I thought I was in trouble. A lot of store workers came to check out the TV. I thought they caught me on camera or something so the next day when I went to the pool and saw a police officer I thought he was looking for me. I went over bawling my eyes out and told him the whole thing. (oopse!!!)

Kuro Kumori

I used to believe that suicide was a crime you could go to jail for because people would say "They commited suicide" like commiting a crime. I'm pretty sure I thought it was a combination of murder and robbery.

Spyke

I used to be trrified to bother those do not remove under penelty of law tags. I thought that if I pulled one off The police would know and come and get me

outlaw

When I was about eight years old, I heard something on the news about money laundering. I thought that money laundering meant that you'd accidentally left some money in your pockets when you did your laundry, and I couldn't see why it was such a big deal... but I made sure my pockets were empty whenever I put something in the laundry, because I did not want to go to prison for money laundering.

Athazagoraphobia

My mother left me in the car while she quickly went into a store. I noticed posted on the shop-window "Help Wanted". I immediately became terrified for my life, figuring they needed help to find a wanted criminal in the area.

Anon

Wheni was young i used to belieave that if i turn of the lights of the room at night a burglar would come and kidnap me. thats wht i always leave the night light on.

Justin Micallef

For some reason, I used to believe that women only got raped on train tracks.

Jessica Tinch

When I was little I thought drinking and driving was drinking anything and driving. So I always yelled at my dad for drinking coffee on the way to daycare in the morning.

Anon

I used to believe that if my dad played the lottery and won, kidnappers would comeandd take me away for the ransom money. I told him to play bingo, he never did.

Scardey Cat

My older cousin told me that If I slept with the light on, and it was still on past 12:00am, The police would come and arrest my parents and me. Mortified that I would get arrested, and still believing in the boogieman when it was dark, I would go to sleep before dark. I beleived that until I was 7, when finally, I asked my dad about this scary law. I was relieved.

Katy is Krazy

That I would be attacked if I didn't sleep with at least a sheet covering my body...I was totally protected if I had the blanket too! It was really hot in the summer!

nicabc