When i was 8 my dad convinced me that boneless chickens were raised on a farm, youde have to kick them to move em around, and they were fed through a tube

Anon

When I was really little, geese would sometimes fly by my house. They were very loud and only flew at like, 6 in the morning, so everyone would wake up and watch them. I would always point out the window and say, "look at the gooses!" and my mother would correct me, "not gooses, a goose and some geese". When I went to school a while later and the teacher read a story about a goose, I raised my hand and told her, "it's not a goose, it's a goose and some geese."

A shoop and some sheep

One time in the city when I was a little kid, my mom was looking for a parking place. I pointed to one, not understanding the no parking sign. She said she couldn't because it was illegal, and I misheard her. I thought she said something about eagles, and from then to about five years later, I thought eagles were banned from cities.

NO EAGLES!

My cousin was wearing sunglasses one day and i said she looked funny so she told me that if i didn't wear sunglasses, birds would peck my eyes out.

i still wear sunglasses almost everytime i go outside.

Jorie

my friend told me once that if you fed a seagull panadol, it would explode. so for a while i kept a packet of panadol around with me everywhere, just in case i saw a seagull

exploding panadol?!!

When I was child I used to believe chickens sleeps like humans and I obliged my brother´s chicken to sleep horizontal, I pushed him until dying.

diana

My mom told me the falames of the gas release pipes above refineries were there to keep birds warm. I always wondered why I never spotted any birds hovering around them. But I was an adult before I consciously knew differently!

R.B.

about three years ago wheni lived across the street from a university campus, with a pond with ducks that had their wings clipped, so anyway they never flew, that summer when we were in maine with a river, isaw a group of ducks take off and fly, i lookede at my mom and was so surprised. '' i didn't know DUCKS could fly''!!

The Skater

When i was about 5 i started to belive that if a bird ate a feather that it recently lost it would grow it back in 2-3 days

until i was 7 "and a half" i always tried to feed my pet birds its own feathers

Anon

When I was younger, I used to believe that this metal ball on the top of an electric pole was a bird that froze on top of the pole during the winter months. As summer came, I saw the same thing, and wonder why it didn't move.

Anon

I believed that if i could fly if learned to whistle and flap my arms fast enough like a bird. but if I told anyone I knew this, the birds would take away this special ability forever...I'm sure this was an interesting sight for my neighbors

Anon

while playing, we gals frequently used to hit our heads together accidentally.
I used to believe that it brings bad luck. so we do it again to give it a positive effect and run outdoors to watch for a coconut tree. such a weird belief!!

raji

at the age of seventeen my sister thought another name for a pigeon hole was a birds nest.

Sophie

Until I was nine or so, I thought bald eagles were as big as houses -- thanks a lot, Rescuers Down Under.

Anon

The logo for the US postal service in the late 80's and 90's was a profile of a bald eagle. I could never see the eagle properly. I thought it was a really crappy abstraction of an eagle head with the tip of the wing as the nose, the rest of the wing as the head, and the body and head as the collar (cause the eagle was wearing a collared shirt, of course!) It wasn't until I was 12 that I suddenly realized it really was an eagle.

Maggie

when i was younger i wanted a pet but we werent allowed so my older brother told me that if you get an egg and wrap it in a warm towel or keep it warm using your body heat then it will turn into a chick. i fink he said to hold it for like a whole day or something. during this time i wanted to check if th chick was actually growin so i cracked it to see if ther was a lil chick fetus thing there and when there wasnt i started all over again. ya i tried for AGES and needless to say there was no chick. :(

ga ga munch

I used to believe if we touched a sparrow, the fellow sparrow members would kill them. Now where did this come from I dont remember...

celeritas

When i was very little i saw a film called "I Heard The Owl Call My Name"...the film was about an old Red Indian custom......namely that if you hear an owl call your name it means you're going to die!! Well!!....naturally being very young I took it all in..especially as right outside my bedroom window was a big oak tree, complete with resident owl hooting away every night. I remember falling asleep to the sound of my little transistor radio every night for months instead of having the bravery of listening to that darned owl!!

Terrieux

I had a dream when I was younger that a caged bird rested behind my bed. Every time I went to sleep, it would come out and float above me. I didn't know it was a dream at the time, so I always put a bunch of pillows against the wall to keep the bird from getting me again.

Kristen

My mom always told me that if i was bad, seagulls will come and bite my shoulders. (we were always sailing where there are lots of seagulls) To this day, im still a little afraid of them.

Julia