when i was 18 my wondeful mates told me all about drop bears .. i spent 400 kilometers on the back of a motorbike being " drop bear spotter" for the driver ... they did not tell me the truth for 3 months .... there are actually 2 sites for drop bears which i use today to help me convince peole of the existence of the mysterios drop bear .. 1/2 wombat 1/2 koala with huge sharp fangs and claws ....
A childhood belief about general

others believed things like this
- i used to believe "eaves drop" was actually "ears drop"— sophie
- when I was seven my brother told me that if I swallowed chewing gum my arm would drop off.— john
- I was told when young that if i kept poking my bellybutton my bum would drop off.— vicky
- I used to believe that the heat from the furnace came from hell, and that it was a straight drop there.Anon
- my gandma said that if i picked my nose my eyes would drop out— Lesley
- I used to believe that when you flushed an aeroplane toilet the waste would just drop out of the plane.Anon