When I was little my dad always used to joke and say "Look! A flock of turtles!" Then he would quickly snatch a chip or a piece of food. I grew up actually thinking that the collective noun for turtles was a 'flock'
A childhood belief about general

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that when I see a flock of birds in the sky, they have a wedding ceremony.— Mr. Used to
- When I was a child i thought turtle wax, was to wax turtles.— J.P.
- When my dad was little his older siblings convinced him that there were flocks of flying turtles.— Anonymous
- I always thought the connectors on the telephone lines were flying turtles.— Angie B
- If someone broke into my house at night my ninja turtles would come to life to protect me.— blip
- Turtles can fly. I believed it for ages.
My turtle got lost or probably died and I was told it flew away.Anon