This all began when I was 13 (embarrassingly old, I know!). On school camps my friends told me to watch out for 'drop bears'. They said they were a kind of small bear that dropped down onto you from overhanging branches. I was sure this was a lie, but nobody would tell me any different, so I assumed 'drop bear' was a euphemism for something disgusting. It was only this year (I am now 25) that I pestered my friends into admitting that 'drop bear' is actually totally meaningless.
A childhood belief about general
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 "eaves drop" was actually "ears drop"— sophie
- when I was seven my brother told me that if I swallowed chewing gum my arm would drop off.— john
- I was told when young that if i kept poking my bellybutton my bum would drop off.— vicky
- 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