When I was in middle school, I thought that the X-Men was based on a true story, and since I was around 13 years old at the time, I was just waiting for my mutant ability to appear... (I was hoping it was flight)
A childhood belief about special powers

others believed things like this
- I used to think that when a movie was 'based on a true story' it was happening for real then and there— Tom
- For along time I thought the Middle East and Eastern Europe were just different names for the same place!— Helllowerer
- I used to believe I could fly.
All I had todo was step of a flight of stairs and I'd be walking in the air...— Dolly - i used to think that "the king and i" was a musical based around the life of priscilla presley— erin
- I used to believe that spaghetti grew on trees, based on a pasta commercial from the 70s.— Dianne
- I always thought that the Hulk was based of Hulk Hogan. — Vijay