My brothers kept me from playing with them in the creek near our house by telling me there were creatures called "synthets" there, and that they ate little girls. They proved their existence by showing me a coat of our mother's with a label saying, "Made from synthetic fur."
A childhood belief about general
others believed things like this
- when I was a kid, I used to believe that only girls could be my friends and all other boys were my brothers.
— rajat - I used to believe that a stranger was a man with an X on his coat— Gabe
- Before I learned about the existence of stuntmen, I used to believe that suicidal actors were used.— JC
- i thought that we were all toys in a dolls house and giants playing with us was why we did what we did— Sarah
- my mother was able to stop me from sucking my thumb by telling me it would rust and fall off!!— lv
- When I was a wee one I believed dogs were either black or white underneath thier coat....It was the 60's.— maddog