I always thought the connectors on the telephone lines were flying turtles.
A childhood belief about in the street

others believed things like this
- When my dad was little his older siblings convinced him that there were flocks of flying turtles.— Anonymous
- When I was a child i thought turtle wax, was to wax turtles.— J.P.
- 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 - When I was younger I thought that the jets that leave lines in the sky were rockets — Harry
- I thought the lines in the sky left behind by airplanes were "sky scrapers". Makes sense.Anon