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I used to believe that milk came from cows, so water came from horses. hahah

Melissa O'Connor

When I was a kid I was terrified of the ocean because I was sure I'd get eaten by sharks. So my dad told me that the bouys they use to mark off swim aread held shark-nets that would keep them away from the swimmers.

Jen

When I was little I used to believe that sharks lived inside water beds. One day my mom tried to lay me down on a water bed and I cried. She tried to explain to me that sharks do not live in water beds, but I would not believe her.It took me a few years to get over the fear of sharks living in water beds.

Water Bed Sharks

My Granny said if I got out of the pickup when Brama bulls were nearby, they would get in my pants. Realize I was only 5 years old. I did not get out of the pickup.

Anon

On the way to our camp, my Dad used to tell my brothers and me that if the cows were all standing by the barn it meant that it was going to rain. I actually passed that little tidbit on to two of my sons before learning that he had made it up!

Shari

When my husband was little, he asked his father why cows were all walking around a hill in the same direction, he was told because cows have longer legs on the downhill side than the uphill side and if they changed direction, they would fall down. My husband believed it for a very long time.

Karen

Stan the kid who lived next door once told me that if a frog peed on you, it would turn into a wart. And then another day he told me that a birthmark was from where the stork pooped on you.
I dont like frogs, and I'm kinda mad at the stork and if I ever run into Stan again Im gonna poke him in the eye, because I believed those things for a really long time.

Anon

When I was seven, my older brother lived in Albuquerque, New Mexico. We went to visit him, it was the first time I had been to New Mexico. I saw a post card with a Jack-a-lope (a Jack Rabbit with antlers on it), for the longest time I thought they were real!

jami lane

When I was about 6 years old. our entire family went on a vacation to Florida. We stayed in this condo that had a giant waterbed in the master bedroom. It also had an aquarium with all sorts of expensive tropical fish.
I thought that all the fish were sad because they had to live in a tiny aquarium, and that they would be much happier in a larger space. I didn't want to put them in the ocean, for fear of them getting eaten by sharks.
It was only 2 weeks after we had left that the manager had been sent up to investigate an ungodly stench in the master bedroom. Seems I had thought that the fishes would have been happier swimming free inside the waterbed!

Lara

I used to think that 'testicles' was the word for the arms of a squid or an octopus.

Emily

When I was young, I used to wonder what if the animals turned into humans while the humans were away.

Kirk

When i went to the horse farm in the second grade, a boy told me if i touched the special fence (which was actually a electrical wire fence to keep the horses inside)i touched the fence and screamed so the horse looked at me. I thought that was true so i kept doing it, later on finding out they only looked at me because i screamed

Stupid

I thought the goldfish in our tank looked thirsty so I pured 2 pints of milk in the tank. Mummy wasn't pleased to find 3 floating goldfish in a white tank.

Scottish Laddie

I have two that practically knocked one of my friends off their feet, they were laughing so hard. 1. I used to believe that those little dirt particles on your window (on the outside) were birds flying too high to be seen properly by the human eye. Hey, I was only about four... And 2. I used to believe (and still do to this day; I am almost 16) that earwigs can crawl into your ear when you are sleeping, bite your brain stem, cause you to go into a comatose state while sleeping, and you eventually die within a few hours. I mean, IS that really possible; if not, WHY are they called "earwigs"???!!!

Cammy

I used to believe that cows standing on hillsides had different length
legs. That's what helped them not to fall down.

Bev

As a child my parents enjoyed reading the Winne the Pooh books.And my favorite stuffed animal was a Kangaroo and baby roo. She was red with a white underside and pouch.As an adult, at the zoo-the first time seeing a live kangaroo:I burst out in front of all the people there - "It is the WRONG color!" I was so disappointed in the natural drab mousy color.I could not believe it!

Lee

You have to understand I live in Montana up north. I used to believe that there were aligators in Montana. I thought they would eat me. I think I got the Idea from the crazy eyed crocodile in Peter Pan. Hehe

Kaitlyn

When I was little I used to have these massive temper tantrums. When the occured in the car, it was especially tormenting for my mother [the driver] and to distract me she'd point out the window excitedly: "LOOK! A GIRAFFE!" or "Wow! I just saw an ELEPHANT!"
Suddenly, I'd get all excited, then incredibly disappointed when I couldn't see the animal.

Maho