my sister and I both believe we have mild pyrokinetic powers. We hold our hands motionless near a flame and voila, it will grow, shrink or dance. Depending on what we want it to do.
I believed this for years, and though i'm 18 and doubt its validity i still like to experiment.
A childhood belief about special powers

others believed things like this
- that....I do not grow old (in size)...rather my clothes and shoes shrink..— mayank
- i believed that if you farted too much in a room and you were to light a flame your house would blow up— the nuclear fart
- I believed alligators lived in toilets, and one apparently got hold of my sister.Anon
- When I was a kid I thought babies where made when people hold hands and kissed nude...— Ryan
- I believed I could tap dance by moving my feet real fast. — Aussie
- I thought when someone was described as being "mild-mannered" it meant they didn't have very good manners— Samilton Duerheiser