special powers

When I was a kid, I used to believe that I could fly. I'd be in my grandmother's living room and jump off of her chair and do the "doggy paddle". Another time, my friends and I were running around the playground flapping our arms, and out came this strong wind and "lifted" us off the ground.

Anon

I used to believe I could fly.
All I had todo was step of a flight of stairs and I'd be walking in the air...

Dolly

I used to believe I could control the wind. When I was hot, I would blow air out of my mouth really hard and wait a second or two and then without fail a gust of wind would come and cool me off. This is why I used to believe I could control the wind.

~Angel

When I was about 5-7 I used to believe that I have this special ability to walk in the rain without getting wet. I believed that I could somehow avoid raindrops if I really wanted to and, especially, if I had my favourite sweatshirt on.

Ag

When I was 2 or 3, I had just finished watching pooh bear, and saw cassie the blubird flying, so I thought I could to. I tied my favorite blanket around my neck, climbed on top of the kitchen table started flapping my arms like crazy, (in case the cape didn't work) and jumped off. I ended up in the ER with a broken leg!

Kaitlyn M

when I was little I used to believe that if you pressed a bruise, then it would play a song, so I would press my bruises and sing because it made me sing when pressed

Leanna

I believed that because I often dreamed that I was able to fly, I had the innate but undeveloped ability and could learn to fly. So I would climb trees and jump out of them, always expecting that eventually I'd just start flying on the way down.

Pat

I was convinced that I could walk on air (like cartoon characters, they walk off a cliff and it's only when they look down and realise that they fall). I knew I could only do it if I really concentrated and had complete confidence, so I used to go up to my room and practice walking from on my bed across to a seat against the far wall. Eventually the complaints from my parents in the room below put a stop to this.

Viv

When I was about 4 I used to tell people I could run faster than a cheetah and when confronted to show them told them that I couldnt because I wouldn't have time to stop before I hit things on the other side of the field and hurt myself!

Benjamin

When I was about 5 I thought if I tried hard enough I could lay an egg like a chicken. So naturally I checked the toilet every time I had a poo...but no eggs ever came along, alas.

Yorkie

I used to believe that if I stood at the top of the stairs, closed my eyes and yawned, I flew down them

Sam

i used to believe that i could fly. i could do this by jumping in the air and doing breaststoke. i used to jump off sofas and try to do this. it never worked. someone was watching me and it doesn't work when someone's looking.

perculiar really - why did i never try front crawl? that might work...


splat.

bird girl

I liked to live in a fantasy world when I was younger. I had a friend that joined me in these unusual beliefs. Supernatural stuff. If some kids at school were mean to us, we always believed that it was because they were ghosts sent by some evil power. We believed that we could conjure up spirits by reciting the quotation on the commemorative plaque in front of the school.

Michelle

When I was 6yrs old I tied to pieces of cardboard to my arms, climbed my brick wall in my back yard while my dog was watching, stood up with tears in my eyes as I said good bye to my dog Brandie and my home, then...jumped and flew away as I closed my eyes, only to be ubruptly brought back into reality by the sound and pain of my body hitting the dirt floor underneath me, as my dog Brandie sat back and watched as if she had front row seats.

Anthony Rios

I was young and stupid. There was this boy on the bus that I liked and sat next to him everyday. He told me that he was a genie and I believed him! I wanted to put a spell on my brother so he would be nice to me. He said he gave me this wishing spirit or something and I hid it in my bag. I went over to my brother when I came home. I opened my bag and cupped my hands (thinking there was some cool energy stuff in there) and tossed it at him. He just looked at me weird...

Rebecca Sears

When i was younger i used to believe that if u had hold of somebodys hand or your body had contact with somebody elses when you were sat next to them, they knew what you were thinking

Paul