When we lived in South Dakota, my dad went hunting with his best friend all the time. Up until I was 17 yrs old even, even though I'd heard the legentds and stories, my dad and his friend had me completely convinced that Jack-a-Lopes were real. They said they'd seen them plenty of times...
A childhood belief about general

others believed things like this
- a friend was convinced that his school was an asylum, and couldn't be convinced otherwiseAnon
- My jew friend told me god was real , and i believed itAnon
- My friend convinced me that if I used a bar of soap to wash my hair instead of shampoo that I would go bald.— Michelle
- I thought my imaginary friend was real and he imagined me
I hope he still believes I existAnon - when I was young, I thought Denmark was a state, just like Deleware and North Dakota.— valerie
- i used to believe that edward scissorhands lived in our family friend's attic.Anon