When I was about 5 my grandmother told me that when night came it was time to sleep, because all the night owls were out looking for eyes to pick. Now at 51 I'm still afraid of owls!
A childhood belief about birds
others believed things like this
- As a child I believed that cats, when they died, became owls and always accompanied you. — AdryLiz
- My mother didn't want me outside at night so she told me i had to come in or else 'the night air would get me'— Dan
- I used to believe that there was an off switch to the ocean so that it could go to sleep at night.Anon
- I used to believe when I was 5 that I was special because I couldn't get to sleep until 11pm at night — Carrie
- I, to this day, believe that when I can't sleep at night it means I'm awake in someone else's dreams... — Turner
- I used to think that if I stared at the sun for a long time, I could make day turn to night.— Big J