Traffic lights are operated by creatures who live inside them

When I was a little kid, I thought that traffic lights were controlled by toucans (like Toucan Sam from Froot Loops). I thought that there was a toucan in each and every traffic light and that there was a candle set behind each color of the lights; red, yellow and green. So, the toucan would light the appropriate candle and blow out the other candle when the time came.

And those flashing lights... Or when a traffic light was broken and just the red light or just the yellow light would be flashing... Well, I thought that was because an evil Keebler Elf had made his way into the traffic light and was repeatedly blowing out the toucan's candles.

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I used to believe that there was a little person inside each of the traffic lights. They had three buttons, and would push one to change the light.

Sarah

i use to think that there was a tiny person hiding in the stop light posts chnging the light

Anon

I used to think that trafic lights were operated by the little men inside

Cody

when i was younger i used to believe that there were little men squished into traffic lights and they used to flick the lights on and off after they felt it was time to switch

Gretchen

my sister and I thought that little monkeys lived in all the traffic lights. they were responsible for shining their flash light on the right color and the wires is what brought them their food and water because they never left the lights

lizz

when i was little i thout that little people were inside traffic lights.

jenna

I use to believe hamsters controlled traffic lights. They had to run on a wheel all day to make the lights change at different times. I believed that for a while then I got smarter and "knew" that it was a guy in an office with a bunch of remotes that had red and green on them. He didn't need a yellow one because when he pushed red, obviously, it would turn yellow for a little while before it was red.

Lindy

I used to believe that there were little men inside the traffic lights making the light go from red to green.

Danielle, AL

i used to believe that for every street light there was a dwarf man underneath swiching it on and off. I had this vision of him sat in a swivel chair with computer screens all round him (very technical business) haha. And when his shift had finished the whole light and his work space would lift out of the ground and he would just step on to the street. Also for some reason i always imagined them with metal lunch boxes.

kirsty

i used to think that there were little men that lived inside the traffice lights and they knew when to change the color of the lights to let people go

Diggy Z

When I was smaller than I am now, I used to think that traffic lights were operated by very small people, who live inside them. They could see when no cars were approaching and the green man would allow me to cross the road.

Felicity

My dad used to tell me that midgets lived in the traffic lights, and that if we didn't pay homage to them they'd get cranky and cause accidents. People always did think I was a bit of a retard when I started praying and bowing to the lights...

Anon

I used to believe that there were little people in the stop and go lights controlling them

Crystal

I used to believe that there was a little man sitting in the traffic light box with a big switch that made the lights go red, green etc. !!

kate

i used to believe that tiny people lived in traffic lights to turn them on and off

Anon

I used to believe that there were little men inside the stoplights at intersections and would operate them.

Hedderz

I used to believe that there were Hobbits inside traffic lights that changed the lights from green, to yellow, to red.

Panama City Beach, FL

When I was little I use to think that the reason why stoplights changed colors were because there were little tiny men in the poles and they would run back and forth flipping switches from red to green so the people could go

Shelly

I used to believe that little men lived in the stop lights and that they where the ones who changed the light from red, to green, to yellow.

Casey