When you hold something up in front of one eye, but not the other you get a transparent image of it. I saw the transparent image once when I was curled up in a blanket, but didn't make the connection that I was using my other eye, so I assumed that I had X-ray vision. My older brother wasn't convinced.
A childhood belief about special powers

others believed things like this
- I used to picture God as a giant transparent poodle after seeing "All dogs go to heaven".Anon
- i used to believe when someone died their image on photo's would disappear— beryl's girl
- when i was young i used to believe that my image on a mirror would come to life if i broke the mirror.Anon
- If you hold your breath and make a wish under a highway tunnel it will come true....I still hold my breath :)— aj
- I remember once a friend of mine told me that when ever you hold in your pee it would make your balls stronger— Zao
- I used to belive that if you didn't hold onto hte toilet seat you would fall in.— silly