When I was young my parents took us on a cruise. We were going snorkeling but I have always been terrified of the ocean. I was terrified that the hammerhead sharks below were going to hurt me when my dad told me that hammerheads were vegetarians. I have always believed everything my dad said as true. It wasn't until I was in my twenties that I realized that he had lied. The sad thing is I believed it so wholeheartedly I had been telling people that same thing for years. Now all the weird looks make sense to me.
A childhood belief about general
others believed things like this
- I used to believe that mosquito larvae were baby hammerhead sharks. Made the ditch a very dangerous place!— Karen
- I used to think an evil spirit type thing called Wango lived in my dog. I was terrified of that dog.— Franklin
- I believed for years that the sun and moon were the same thing - it just glowed more in the day :)— Deb
- I used to be terrified of fire-flys because I believed they would burn if they landed on me.— kevin
- I believed that the yellowish foam by the ocean was dolphin pee because my dad told me Anon
- I believed when young that horses with white faces were sick. My dad a great sense of humour— John Cavanagh