When my dad was little his older siblings convinced him that there were flocks of flying turtles.
A childhood belief about general

others believed things like this
- I always thought the connectors on the telephone lines were flying turtles.— Angie B
- I always wondered why shepherds washed their socks by night. (correct lyric: watched their flocks)— MaggieNJ
- When I was a child i thought turtle wax, was to wax turtles.— J.P.
- If someone broke into my house at night my ninja turtles would come to life to protect me.— blip
- Turtles can fly. I believed it for ages.
My turtle got lost or probably died and I was told it flew away.Anon - My older sister had me convinced that noodles grew on trees, but that rice was man-made...— Trusting little brother