i saw ghostbusters 2 when i was 5 or 6 and i used to believe that the pink slime that came out of the bathtub facuet in the movie would come up out of the toilet and get me when i flushed. so i would pull one of the "flush and run" routines whenever i went pee. i still get laughed out by my family. (10 years later)

ray

When I was young I would always hear the sound that the toilet would make and I thought that it was a monster. So everytime i would flush the toilet i would turn and run. I eventualy grew out of it when my mom explained what it really was.

Anon

when i was a kidi had watched an episode of the X-files.. and there was like a mummy guy and he ived in the sewer. and i thought he was gonna get me when i had a bath.. and i also thought he would get me if i didnt look at the toilet after i flushed.. so when i washed my hands i would stare at it through the mirror..

Suzy

This kind of backs up the guy tht was scared of the loo and had to get his mother to take him in for the next four weeks. in my case i watched an episode of the x-files called "Host" and in it there was this sucker face guy that bit your arse while on the loo and killed you by putting worms in you. this scared me for ages and i was so scared to sit on the loo i hovered over it for months. i also told my friend simon about it and he did the same. got he was mingin.

Richie

When I was younger I saw on the news that a python came through the sewer and out of someones toilet. I was scared that it would happen to me so before going to the bathroom I would flush the toilet first and hurry up and go before it finished flushing so if there was a snake down there it would get sucked down untill i left. crazy huh?

little ol' me

When i was about 8 i used to believe that if i went to the toilet when it was dark outside, that if i flushed the chain a werewolf would come and attack me. I would either not flush or flush and run for my life.

Thankyou so much to the lovely lady who bought me a story book about werewolves for christmas.

Heather

I used to hate flushing the loo and i have no idea why. I would do my stuff then i would unlock the door, open it, wash my hands, flush the loo then run as fast and as far away as i can. It wasnt just my flushing i was scared of. I was scared of anyone else flushing it. When ever i heard it being flush i would go turn into a physco child and run like mad.
Thankfully i can now flush the loo and not run away like a maniac although i do still do it sometimes at public loos.

K

i used to think that if you sat down while peeing than a monster would jump up and eat your weiner

Harry Ballzonya

i used to beleive that when i flush the toilet the devil would come out of it...every time i flushed the toilet i ran like crazy!

Anon

I used to believe a rat would crawl up the toilet soo000 i made a sign and everytime nature called for someone in my house they had to shut the toilet seat after them unless they wanted a caning

star

As a child I use to believe that if you sat on the toilet that a hand would reach up and grab you, it would then take you down to the sewer and rape you. I was mortified. I use to squat over the toilet to use the bathroom until I was 8. I think I got this from a horror film. I sure scared me.

H.A.P

I used to believe that when I flushed the tolit, if I didn't leave the bathroom fast enough, a monster would op out from behind the tolit and kill me!

Sunny Daze the Pony

When I was young, I was always scared to go to use the washroom because of the song 'Santa Clause is Coming to Town'. Why?

"He sees you when you're sleeping, he knows when you're awake..."

I figured that if he could see you when you were sleeping, he could also see you in the washroom. Pathetic, I know.

Kerri

I used to believe that there was a child-eating witch in the toilet... The way it worked is: whenever a child flushes, the witch can come out of the water and attack. The only way to escape from her was to run to where other people were (she doesn't show herself to grownups)... The strangest part about it is that a few years ago I told a friend about it, and she said she feard the witch too...

Yael

I once thought that the toilet's flushing worked by creating a very small black hole. and if I didn't get out of the way fast enough, I would get hit with the Hawking radiation when i flushed the toilet.(I read a lot of scientific american and science news)

Friends think i'm crazy

You know how toilets always continue the flushing noise for around 10 secs after you flush it? I used to believe that if I didn't leave the bathroom before the toilet was done flushing, that I would grow a penis and turn into a boy.

Rachel

when i was a baby, my parents were pottytraining me, and i sat on it for hours and fell asleep. and i dreamt i got eaten by the toilet. from then on i always had my mom hold a butter bucket inside the toilet for me until i was 3...

nobody

When I was younger I dreaded using the bathroom. I knew that eventually a snake would some how make its way into my toilet and bite my butt. I remember holding it in for a few days and occasionally using the bathroom outside if my parents weren't around. I was so terrified of a snake coming and biting my butt that it got to a point where I would cry when I had to go and try to hold it in as long as possible.

jAmIe

I used to be scared of the toilet, I thought, for some reason that i would get sucked into the toilet as it flushed... Wierd i know... I also used to be scared of the plug in the bath being taken out when i was still in the bath, the noise scared me and i ran to my room with my hands over my ears

Michael Lawrence

When I was very little, about three or four, I decided that every time you flushed the toilet, an evil witch came out. The only way you could hide from her was to get out of the bathroom before the toilet finished flushing.( I washed my hands in the kitchen sink)One time, I ran out and slammed the door behind me so hard, it fell apart. I couldn't understand why my parents where so upset, when instead they should be lookink for the witch, whom I was sure had escaped

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