i never had imaginary friends, but i had a menagrie of imaginary pets. i also used to imagine that i was a centaur while walking to school and that my lower half was always some wild breed of horse.
A childhood belief about imaginary friends

others believed things like this
- I used to have an imaginary friend named Mr. Nobody. He would protect me from my imaginary enemy, Bad Elmer.— Kdees
- when i was growing up i had two imaginary friends. One was named Jennifer, the other was named Onion.— Tessica
- my aunt used to have an imaginary friend who instead of having blood had 7-up in her veins.Anon
- My brother was terrorised by an imaginary charecter called anorak doo-dah— Corin
- When I was about 6 or 7, I had an imaginary friend, who left for ice-cream one night. He never returned.— His name was Jimmy
- I used to believe in my imaginary friend dooodle.
Doodle was a stickperson and was always smiling.— Samantha