general

When i was little, we had skunks on our patio, and it began to smell in our nice basement. so i overheard mom and dad talking, and they said something about the skunks getting into the basement. so i was scared the skunks would come up and kill me when i was sleeping at night.

Rachel Age 12

When i was about 6 my uncle told me that there were special hillside cows who had a pair of legs shorter than the other so they could graze on steep hills. Later i got tangled in thoughts about what would happen if they had to walk the other direction.

Jessa

I used to believe and sometimes still get paranoid because I used to think that every animal was watching me and waiting for me to make a mistake. So I waited until no one was around before doing something wrong.

Never do nothin wrong

I used to beleive that animal was another word for a prostitute. I thought this as when I was young I whatched this TV programme on which a man said 'This animal is fisty' when he was eyeing up a prostitute.

BoBo

As a little girl everything I said or did was about horses. One day walking with my grandma and talking about horses she says to me. "You know there are more animals in the world then horses." To which I replied, "I know grandma... there's ponies too."

rose

My PawPaw told me fish couldn't feel it when he was dressing them to it becuase they didn't have feelings. I believed it until at 30 my husband said PawPaw just knew I was sensitive. I still believe.

JO

I use to think that when people had colds and said they had frogs in their throat that they really did have a frog in there and I always wondered how it got there or why they chose to swallow a frog!

Sarah

When I was little I used to believe that T-Rex's and Tyranosaurus Rex's were two different kinds of dinosaurs. I embarrassed myself in front of the class once when I asked about this!

Ness

When I was a kid, I was always afraid of walking under trees b/c I thought that snakes would fall down on top of my head. My mom told me that I should not worry b/c snakes in Texas could not climb trees, only snakes in Africa. I believed this until I was 16 and tried to explain it to a friend of mine. Needless to say, I am now aware that all snakes can climb trees!

Anon

I used to believe bears made honey.

thetruthabouthoney

My older brother used to believe that rabbits laid eggs because of the Cadberry Bunny on the commercials that appeared to be laying Cadberry Eggs. He tried hard to convince me and my other brother and our parents wouldn't tell us any different. I guess they thought it was humerous.

summer

To this day my friend (he's 17) swears that chipmunks are baby squirrels.

Liz

I used to think that bales of hay were cow cocoons.

Wally

when i was 36 i believed that babies came from rhinoaserous and monkeys were born from black butt hairs

marc

I used to believe that bunnies went "eh-eh-eh" just like Bugs Bunny. This is because my mother told me that they did.

Sarah

When I was about 7 my dad, older brothers and I were walking around my grandparents farm. My dad told us to look around to see if we saw signs of deer. He was observing footprints and other obvious signs. "Yea! I see them," I exclaimed. "Deer eggs!" I was looking at all the hedge apples that had fallen on the ground. Dad still thinks it's funny.

JEH

I spent a year teaching foreign 14-year-old children from developing countries in Spain, and I had many stories about that.
The one I prefer deals with fabulous creatures. I was asking children to make a list of fantastic animals. Then, a couple of girls from Dominican Republic asked me to add dinosaurs to that list. "But there were dinosaurs, once upon a time", I argued. "No, they weren't, they are in pictures only". "So, you think they are fabulous, as mermaids are?" Then, a girl from Equatorial Guinea cut in: "excuse me, teacher, but mermaids are not fabulous. I've seen them many times swimming in the rivers."

josemoya