I used to believe that chipmunks grew up to be squirrels. I don't know where I got the idea from but I lived most of my childhood life believing this!
A childhood belief about general

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that chipmunks were baby squirrels Anon
- Until I was about 13 I thought chipmunks were baby squirrels.— Gina
- Until I was about 8, I thought chipmunks were baby squirrels. — allie
- To this day my friend (he's 17) swears that chipmunks are baby squirrels.— Liz
- My younger sister used to believe that in everybody's belly button there lived a family of squirrels.— Sophie
- In my childhood I used to think that all the superheroes I saw on television existed in real life— Cris