My dad was magic! When we would drive on the freeway in the rain, if he concentrated really hard he could stop the rain, but then one of us kids would mess up his concentration and it would begin again.
I only realized many years later that we were driving under overpasses!
A childhood belief about magic tricks
others believed things like this
- My dad thought when he was little, rain was caused by army guys in the clouds with rain guns. — Daughter of the Weird
- I used to believe I could control the weather by singing rain rain go away or blowing the clouds away.— Shannon
- I believed that the rain would melt everything...I was terrified to go outside in the rain! — Cris
- I used to think that Rain Man had something to do with Singin' in the Rain.Anon
- I used to believe reindeer made it rain because for many years it rained on christmas eve night.Anon
- I used to believe if I concentrated hard enough I could move stuff.
*sigh*
— Zog