I used to believe that I could fly. When I was very small, we lived in a fifth floor walk-up. I believed that all I had to do was put my hand on the banister and I flew up all five flights. The funny thing is, I still have distinct memories of doing this. I am 55 years old.
A childhood belief about special powers

others believed things like this
- I used to thing that vikings lived 50 years ago.— Sigrid
- For years and years I believed that tuna must be really little fish because they came in such small cans!!— Gisela
- When i was small i used to think god lived on top of my house and the devil lived right underneath it.— Missuss D
- When I was small, my brother would bug me and say that if my hand was bigger than my head, I had a tumor.Anon
- I believed for years that the sun and moon were the same thing - it just glowed more in the day :)— Deb
- Turtles can fly. I believed it for ages.
My turtle got lost or probably died and I was told it flew away.Anon