I used to think that if I took a bath towel and held the opposite ends in each of my hands and jumped off a chair while flapping REALLY hard, I could fly.
I never flew, and I assumed it was because I wasn't flapping hard enough =D
A childhood belief about special powers

others believed things like this
- When I was little, I used to believe that wind was caused by whales flapping their tails way out in the ocean.— Nanohawk
- I used to believe if you fart hard enough you can fly— Bob
- i used to think that i would become a fairy if i just wished hard enough!!!LOLAnon
- I used to think croutons were hard chicken. Anon
- I used to believe that if I threw up too hard my brain would explode.— Tammy
- that if I flapped my arms hard enough, I could get airborne.— DeQuendre