I remember asking my father once driving down a gravel road in the country what that noise was against the side of the car, he told me it was squirrels throwing nuts at the car, I looked hard at the nearby trees and thought squirrels were very territorial. I still do.
A childhood belief about birds

others believed things like this
- My older sister told me squirrels were poisonous, and I believed her until I was 9.— Jenni
- Until I was about 13 I thought chipmunks were baby squirrels.— Gina
- Until I was about 8, I thought chipmunks were baby squirrels. — allie
- I used to believe that chipmunks were baby squirrels Anon
- 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