My brother told me that if you stared into the sun long enough, you would get x-ray vision. I believed him, and I will probably go blind someday from it.
A childhood belief about special powers

others believed things like this
- i used to think if you stared long enough at the sun (until it looked blue) you could kill it— sean
- I used to think that if I stared at the sun for a long time, I could make day turn to night.— Big J
- My mom told me that if I picked my nose, my finger would stay there someday!!— baxter
- I was told that if you went to brd with your sox on you would go blind.— Frank L
- I long believed that Ronald Reagan was Ronald McDonald's brother. And I thought it made him more impressive!— JB
- I used to believe that blind dates were dates for people who were blind.Anon