I believed it.
But then I also believed my brother when we drove by a harbor and he exclaimed, “Oh, look! They’ve raised the boats in the harbor.” He explained that boats are waterproof and they sink them in the fall for protection and raise them again in the spring. Years later, as a new 19 year old bride, I repeated that same story to my new husband as we drove by the same harbor.
Sigh.
LOL! I used to do that to my younger brother.