I used to believe that if I held a blanket or towel across my back like wings I would be able to use them to fly. After it didn't work, I decided I just wasn't doing it right so I practiced flying all the time. It didn't quite go how I thought it would.
A childhood belief about special powers

others believed things like this
- i used to believe that if i didn't work at school, i would have donkey ears, so now i work hard !!!— denis
- I thought buffalo wings were wings from a buffalo, for years I looked for their wingsAnon
- For the longest time I didn't know that Spinal Tap wasn't a real group. No wonder I couldn't find their music.— Louis
- I believed that when you got married (the wife) you didn't have to work. Boy, was I fooled. ha ha ha— Patty
- If I had bad gas I would sometimes start to run as I farted to escape the smell. It didn't always work.— Sammy
- I used to believe that if you ate enough chicken wings, you'd sprout wings and be able to fly.Anon