When I was young, maybe 6 or 7, I believed that I was psychic and could predict which way my sandal would land if I kicked it off (right side up or not). My Uncle Michael pointed out that it landed the same way almost every time. He's also the one that told me there is no Santa.
A childhood belief about special powers

others believed things like this
- my uncle was a doctor, so when he told me his vw could fly, i believed.— boodles
- I used to be terrified of fire-flys because I believed they would burn if they landed on me.— kevin
- My uncle once said that elves were really badchildren made to work in santa's work shop— Some guy
- Right when I started school, I believed that you could get kicked out of school for chewing gum. — Rheeb
- I used to think that
"The land of make believe"
was
"The land of baked beans."— Baked Bean! - I used to believe that the red dot on Indian people's foreheads meant that they had psychic powers.— Mark