I was firmly convinced I could fly - I even have strong memories of flying or floating down the stairs. I think I probably could and it was only when I was told I couldn't that I stopped being able to.
A childhood belief about special powers

others believed things like this
- My great-grandfather firmly believed, and had me convinced, that SPAM was mouse meat. — texasblue
- When my dad was little his older siblings convinced him that there were flocks of flying turtles.— Anonymous
- a friend was convinced that his school was an asylum, and couldn't be convinced otherwiseAnon
- When i was a kid I used to believe that smoke was dead souls floating around— Nick aged 8
- If you get shot with a GAMMA RAY you get really strong. — Tiff
- I used to believed that the clouds in the sky were floating piles of mash potatoes .— Funny Guy