Is it normal my dad used to tell me this as a kid?

When i was a kid, we lived in a house near the end of a street which connected to a busy road.
When i was playing in the street, my dad would tell me not to cross the main road, because there was a bad man at the other side who would catch kids and put them in a bag, take them home and eat them.
He also told me not to touch the oil tank or it would explode, and not to touch the water heater switch because the house would blow up.
Ps. It worked.

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  • EuphoniumLizz

    I think most if not all parents tell their child little white lies to get them to behave.

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  • BlackCatsAreAwesome

    It reminds me of how I was told there was a chemical additive in swimming pools that would turn red around you if you peed in the pool. I think lots of adults believed it themselves including my parents. It turned out to be a myth so I now always pee in pools with great satisfaction.

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  • ANSWERMEPLS

    I got worse stuff than what your parents told u.. so be thankeful ;)

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  • Handyman

    I was told that If I played with that thing it would fall off.
    It had me worried for a long time.

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  • ERIC-CARTMAN98

    Why are you even thinking about this?

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