when i was younger, i decided that it could actually be possible to fly. myself and a friend tied planks of wood to our arms and jumped off some rocks onto a beach. to this day i still claim that i "flew" further than i would have without the wood.... but it hurt considerably more with it.
A childhood belief about special powers

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that pretzals were made of wood.Anon
- I used to believe that pretzels were made from wood....Anon
- I used to believe pretzels were salted wood. — Dan Unknown
- i used to believe that black wood ear
came from the skin of the bats— JULIE - When I was a kid I used to think that woodpeckers were actually eating the wood when they were pecking it. — Amy
- I used to believe that if you got a splinter after awhile your whole body would turn into wood.Anon