birds

My dad used to tell my nephew if he was running around with no clothes on (he was 2 or 3) that the ducks would bite his bum. He believed him, and when I took him to a park once he wouldn't go near the ducks because he thought they were going to bite him

boz

when I was little I believed that I could hatch an egg u get from the grocery. I used to put an egg on the sofa and sit on it to hatch it

Anon

When i was about 4 i used to think the birds of pray were called that because they preyed before they ate!

Alien 5247

My dad told me that robins were just sparrows with the cold (and that's why they had red breasts). Why would I not believe him - you only see robins in the winter.

I only found out it wasn't true when mentioned this on seeing a robin to my friends...at uni...when I was 18...

Elaine Matthews

I was once convinced that if you were to trap a bird in an open plastic bag, its attempts to fly upward would lift you off the ground.

Ven

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.

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 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

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

When I was eight, I thought my dad could translate what the birds were saying. I have no idea why.

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

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

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

Sophie

when i was a child afraid of dying in a pool , i thought that a black hole would pull me
when i was a child afraid to turn off the light and a soul pulling me dourn the bed
when i was afraid of thunder because he theoght the sky would fall

izabelle

I used to think that teachers were all nice.

name

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. :(

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