We had a wooden crocodile from Africa and my brother told me it was just dried out, and if I poured water on it, it would come alive. I believed it, and even warned my friends not to do that or it would eat us!
A childhood belief about general

others believed things like this
- I used to believe the the Elton John song, "Crocodile Rock" was about a Crocodile, named Rock.Anon
- My brother used to believe that dried out boogers were actually "paving" the inside of your nose. — sm
- When I was younger I believed that pistachio nuts were made out of beetles that had somehow been dried out. — Alyssa
- I used to think that the toothfairy was a crocodile.— Jessie
- i used to think that when i was pooping a crocodile could come out of the toilet and bite my butt off.— derek
- I used to believe that the reflection at the bottom of cup of liquid was a crocodile waiting to gobble me up.— Aaron