My grandfather was missing a finger, and he would often tell me that I bit it off as a child. I believed this for years.
A childhood belief about general

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that a half moon was gods finger nail, and his finger was pointing downwards.— clo
- My great-grandfather firmly believed, and had me convinced, that SPAM was mouse meat. — texasblue
- I used to believed that the children borned by tucking the finger info nunptial rings!!!— Silvia Mazzei
- I always though as a kid that "To Let" signs were public conveniences with an I missing. Really.— Col
- I use to blame the aliens on my missing barbie dolls.— Lindsay
- I use to believe in the toothfairy until i found all my missing baby teeth in my mom's jewlery box drawer.— Ashley Bailey