When I was about 7 we lived close to a fast flowing creek, which a couple of kids had drowned in over the years. So in order to stop me and my two brothers from going down there our parents told us that there were beavers down there, and they are really aggressive animals that attack kids and chew their legs off.............Needless to say we were freaked out and never went down to the creek.
But, after we moved away they never told us the true story about beavers (very scared, non aggressive animals). So when I was about 18 (!) I made a complete fool of myself by loudly exclaiming to by boyfriend and his father "Don't go near the beavers nest- They'll attack you!!!"
Hmm............
A childhood belief about general
others believed things like this
- I used to be afraid that "boney Legs", a witch from a story Lived in the toilet. Anon
- i used to think that all animals were made in factories!— lalaaaalalalalallllalalalalalalalalalalalala
- I used to think all furry animals were made entirely of fur.Anon
- My father told me that Frenchmen had three legs.Anon
- when i was 2 or 3 believed that i had lots of animals in my tummy it made sense my mum had baby in hers.— kjc
- Birds in the sky would come down and attack me with their beaks.— Bianca