When I was little, my uncle told me that his belly button was a scar from where he got shot in the war (WWII). I have no idea why I never realized that I had a remarkably similar "scar."
A childhood belief about belly buttons
others believed things like this
- My dad told me when I was little that my belly button was "Where the Indian shot me"Anon
- I used 2 think that the scar on my side said "UNUSEABLE" LOL!!!!!!— John In Pennsylvania
- I used to think that my belly button was where I was once shot and that the navel was a healed up bullet hole— Tony
- I used the scar on my dads leg was a shark bite when in fact he fell off his bike when he was a child— Wendy Murray
- I had an uncle that told me that we had belly buttons for putting salt in while we ate celery in bed.— ainmama2001
- I used to think that if i touched my belly button it would unfold and my belly would be inside out forever. Anon