special powers

I used to believe (from watching films, I guess) that if you wanted to be good at martial arts all you had to do was make the sounds like 'Hai!' when you fought someone. My cousin set me straight when we were playfighting finally, but no-one (not even him) ever knew that that was why I was doing it.

Chris D.

i used to believe that i could make a hot beam come from the street lights at night by squinting and moving my head

hahahaha....no

I was about 10 years old before I gave up believing that I could someday develop super powers to move objects if I just believed hard enough. My goal was to be able to flip off the light switch from my bed so I wouldn't have to run across the room in the dark. Of course, I could have simply asked for a night light, but the super power ability would have been so much more fun.

Nugs

After watching cartoons I got the idea that if i got myself a fishing rod and line, i could hook myself and then by holding the rod and winding, i would be able to lift myself up and fly.

I quickly found out that this doesn't work but am still unsure why.

Earl David of Hertfordshire

I used to believe that I had the power to see threw potato chips.

Jessi

I had a superman t-shirt when I was little. It had a cape and everything. But the sad part is it took 3 jumps off a 5 foot something ladder, 4 boo-boos and a trip to the doctor for my dad to explain to me that the shirt did not actually enable me to fly.

Dan

If I practiced hard enough...I could use the force. I would concentrate really hard, hold out my hand, squeeze my eyes shut, and try to move things across the room. I was really bummed when it never worked.

Anon

I believed that if you climbed high enough and jumped.. you could fly. And if you didn't climb far enough youd always land on your feet like dogs do.

Jillian

I used to believe that if I moved my arms quickly with feather-dusters in hand, and jumped off my couch, I'd fly. (many hours of my childhood were spent attempting exactly that)

Ryn

As a child, I believed that when I closed my eyes to sleep, I was carried out of my bed, into the air and flew around. If I could open my eyes fast enough, I would be flying in mid-air. But I could never get my eyes open fast enough or even just get a little peek so I could prove it (at least to myself)

Anon

When I was small, my older brother convinced me that if I closed my eyes, I became invisible. I belived this was true until one day I showed my friend my "powers" only for her to say that she could still see me.

Lauren

I used to belive that if i sat criss crossed in my front lawn and then walked around on my knees for 15 minutes and then climb a tree and jump out of it.. I would be able to fly...but instead i was given a broken arm..

kirsten

I used to believe that when you jumped the only reason you got in the air was because you kicked the whole world below you and every time you jumped the world would get lower.

shro

i thought if you belived hard enogh you could have supper powers

lizzy

When i was very young i believed that i could turn on the light by blinking because when i walked into a room and did so one of my parents would turn on the light.

Short Stuf

Me and my friend were watching this really annoying kid, and we told him if he ran fast enough he would turn invisible and could run through things. So he started running and ran into the couch, but we told him he just wasn't running fast enough.

Nameless