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When I was young Jaws was very popular and I finally got to watch it. I was terrified to go to the bathroom, take a bath or swim in the deep end of the pool because I thought Jaws would eat me.

Anon

Since cows gave us milk to drink, I used to believe that horses gave us water. Made sense to me and my 6 year old friends!

Kiki

When I was about 3 years old, my dad would take me out on the boat to fish with him. To stave my boredom, I would bring a tape player and play "sing-along" cassets.

He had a few other friends with him this particular time, and one of them had caught a big catfish. I was so focused on the fish's mouth gaping open and shut that I actually thought the fish was singing "And the little one said, 'roll over.'" Then they dropped the fish back into the water.

(Much MUCH later, I found out it was actually my Dad doing the singing.)

Sony full of Bologna

i used to believe unicorns were baby horses

Nonny

When i was younger i thought squirrels were filling the attic with acorns because the ceiling in my bedroom was severely cracked and I could always see squirrels enter through a crack outside with a couple of acorns and exit empty-mouthed. I thought that one night my ceiling would collapse from the weight of the acorns and I would be killed. ; ;

nikki

I used to believe that my Dad could understand what animals were saying.
He has pinhole indentions in front of the top of his ears, and when I asked
him what these were he told me they enabled him to understand what
animals said.

To this day I'm not sure if he was telling the truth.

Anon

As a child, the tale of Little Red Riding Hood had me convinced that wolves were quite large enough to swallow Little Red Riding Hood and her grandmother whole, even if they were quite unlikely to actually do so. So I envisioned wolves as huge. Then I was very disappointed the fitst time I saw actual wolves (in a zoo) and saw they are no bigger than some of the good-sized breeds of domestic dogs.

Andrea

When I was about 4 my mum bourght me a white pony and she told me it was a unicorn. I believed her until I was about 11 when I had an aurgument with this other girl about unicorns exsistence.

Rachel

Used to think that Cattle Guards were actual men that rode around on horses, guarding cattle. In fact, they are metal rails placed strategically in the roadway to keep roaming cattle from crossing the road.

Mindy

I used to think that a vegetarian and veterinarian were the same thing. That since you worked with animals you didn't eat them.

Sara

I thought deer only came out at hunting time. The deer that were left pack up the kids in the Rv and when back home.Then one day in the summer time as we were driving home. In a field there were a pack of deer I said to my Dad what are those deer doing back its not November yet? He had a good laugh and said they live hear year around.

marye Punches

I used to believe that if I didn't wash my hands after touching an animal, I'd turn into the animal that I had touched.

anon

I used to think that if a gorilla pounded its chest it liked you.

Anon

I used to believe that all dogs were boys and all cats were girls.

Halie