After watching Dumbo a the age of 3 or 4, I firmly believed that all elephants could fly using their ears.... I was really disappointed when I found the truth!
A childhood belief about general

others believed things like this
- My great-grandfather firmly believed, and had me convinced, that SPAM was mouse meat. — texasblue
- I used to believe cats ate dogs and mice ate elephants— lucien
- I thought that hippos were baby elephants— Gerna
- When I was a kid I believed that if you swallowed a fruit pip that treees would grow from your ears.— Liz Smith
- I used to believe that peanuts were a daily must to strengthen the memory like elephants — Qb Cheese
- After watching a crazy TV show, I believed that aliens were real. I still have a little fear of them. — Niki005