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that snakes were white in the winter so they could hide under the snow. Therefore I had to always wear thick shoes.

mikey

Whenever we would pass by a farm with cows, my father would tell me that the cows were called rabbits. I was convinced of this until first grade.

Fred

when I was young my aunt would tell me she rode an elaphant to school. since she collected them and they were everywhere in her house, i believed it. bless her soul.

angel

when i was between the ages 3 and 10 i honestly thought that if u touched a pink flamingo you would turn pink also... i never really came into contact with them, but whenever i saw flamingos in the zoo i would stay as far away from them as possible!

ChArLi

I heard that dinosaurs were under the ground, so every time I saw a hill, I thought that was where a dinosaur fell and grass just grew over it.

Charlene Bosiak

I grew up in Minnesota and almost every year my dad would travel to a mysterious place to go hunting. It was called Wyoming and he would send me postcards. One year, I got one of the statue of a Jackalope that is in the middle of Gillette, I think. When he brought a mounted one home and hung it on the wall, I was convinced that they truly existed. I argued the point for years with my friends, pointing to the furry critter on the wall that in Wyoming ONLY you could see these little jackrabbits hopping around with oversized antlers. After all, my dad wouldn't lie! smiles....

st.paul police officer daughter

For years and years I believed that tuna must be really little fish because they came in such small cans!!

Gisela

When I was little I used to believe that each and every animals sound, was its name. Like, for example; a cat, instead of saying "meow", would say "cat", and a bird would not say "tweet", or "chirp", but "bird". What was I thinking?

Brit

when i was little (perhaps only 2 or 3) my older sister had me convinced that i had a mouse living in my head. this, she explained, was why i got the sniffles all of the time. she further explained that the only way to rid my head of said mouse was to take a cabbage, cut it in half and sleep with my ear against it; this way the mouse would leave for a better environment & no harm would come to it or my brains. this went on for about a year, until one day we had to explain to our mother why there was a head of lettuce in my bed. . .

eb

When I was around 6 or 7, I heard about koalas for the first time. I remember thinking they were some brand new discovery/invention or something. i believed this for several years..

jen

Once in a while the news reports showed people getting injured by bulls in Spain. I used to think they didn't have good locks to lock the bulls up and therefore they escaped and hurt people. I didn't know they ran with the bulls on purpose until I was 20!

L

i used to think that when a fish floated to the top it was sleeping.

Kriket Evens

When I was in preschool I believe giraffes had long legs so they could kick lions' heads off. I wrote a book complete with a picture.

Bex

For some reason, even into my teens, I was petrified that when the lights went out in my room the floor was covered with alligators. I became an expert at jumping from the door-frame to the bed. Some nights I would get in bed and then call for my parents or sister to turn off the light for me.

My husband teases me - asking if he needs to turn on the light for the alligators - if I get out of bed in the middle of the night.

Wryle

I used to believe that butterflies turned into moths at night and would turn back into a butterfly in the morning.

Cassidy

I thought cows can produce milk without having a baby first. Ironically, I was raised in a vegan family but they never explained it to me.

Anon

My dad used to tell me that "smoked" bacon came from pigs that had been fed on a diet of kippers !!!

Tony . Newcastle on Tyne

when i was little, my mom took me to see the movie jaws . she says that after that, i was afraid to lay abck and wash my hair , scared a shark would get me.... i was also afraid of the moon, thinking it was gonna fall out of the sky..

ses

I used to believe that a bull in a china shop meant a bull in a take away. I mean wot's that gotta do wiv going in feet first ?
And that was the image I carried in my head, this great big bull being chased around by Chinese cooks in a takeaway.

Tee
Gibbon king PhD

Gibbonage

I used to think Llamas were just camels with no humps, and the zoo would keep them seperated because the Llamas were jealous and would have gotten angry at the camels because they had no humps.
And I still believe in drop bears and can't walk past a tree without looking up.

Bernie