I used to believe that the words to a church song "Gladly the cross I'd bear" was really about a bear named Gladly who was crosseyed.
A childhood belief about misheard lyrics

others believed things like this
- when I was little my uncle told me he was part bear. I believed people could be part bear until I was twelve. — Audrey
- I used to believe that if you stepped on the cracks of the pavement, a bear would jump up and eat you.— Nina
- I used to talk with my teddy bear and I really thought he answered me.— Joy
- I usde to believe that 'camembert cheese' was actually 'common bear cheese'.— Dan
- i used to believe that the factories were care bear factories because of the clouds of smogAnon
- when I saw a sign with a deer on it I always thought deer had to cross the street by it. like a cross walk— only me