My dad took a tennis ball, told me to look in the air, and pretended to throw it, but kept it in his hand. I thought he threw really hard and fast so I couldn't see the ball go into outer space.
A childhood belief about special powers

others believed things like this
- I used to think volleyball was actually called "ball-y ball"Anon
- I thought the airport was a place that you get chopped into pieces in order to go to outer space! lol!!!— I don't know why you get chopped...
- I was told as a kid that when it thundered, God was playing basket ball. LOL! — Tony
- When I was really little I used to belief that fireworks dropped out of the sky from outer space.— davesgrl2001
- I used to think that up in outer space the sun was a gigantic baby that never grew up like in Teletubbies.— WeirdButProud
- As a child I used think if I jumped too high on a trampoline I'd be sucked up into outer space.— Jenn