I used to believe that roadrunners were about 4 feet tall (Thanks Bugs Bunny and Wile E. Coyote!). The we went to visit my Grandmother in Arizona when I was about 7 or 8 and was quite suprised to see a real roadrunner!
A childhood belief about birds

others believed things like this
- i used to believe the easter bunny was my bunny that a fairy turned real.— Twix
- I used to believe that when you are 90 years old, you are also 90 feet tall.Anon
- I used to beleive that the computer bugs were real creatures that lived in your pc and ate away at it.— BoBo
- I thought the easter bunny was real— courtney
- My Grandmother once told me she could unscrew her feet. I believed that for years.— Andy Bettison
- I used to believe that some day, they'd finally let the Coyote catch the Road Runner. I was so wrong. Le Sigh.— Givema Break