I used to believe that there was a witch round the u-bend of our loo and that she lived off of our poo. I thought that if I didn't give her enough poo she'd come up and try and eat me instead. As a result, I always pushed real hard to get it all out as soon as possible so not to annoy her. If it was a little slow coming, I'd bend my head down between my legs and talk to her in an attempt to pacify her and avoid being eaten. I know it works, because I'm still here!

Sophie

When I was about 5 years old, I knew that the toilet was connected to the sewer. I used to watch the Ninja Turtles a lot, and they lived in the sewer. As a result, I was always wary that if I sat on the toilet too long, the a Ninja Turtle would get annoyed, pop out, and bite my butt.

pocketstarlet

My cousin told me that there was a creature in outhouses (we did a lot of camping) called the toilet Dracula that had a head like Dracula and the body of a snake. It would crawl up the hole in the toilet and bite you when you sat on it. I was horryfied for years.

evilcupcakes

When I was little, I thought a large wolf-like animal lived in the toliet. If I didn't hurry up with my business and flush him back down, he would come up and try to bite my butt.

Liz

After seeing "Jaws", I feared sitting on the toilet because a large toilet shark would rush up and bite my butt.

R. Wiggum

Once, when I was about 5 or 6, I believed that paw prints (like the kind that dogs have) could fall from the vent above the toilet, so sometimes when I was "going," I'd sit and watch the vent to make sure none fell on me.

Some Idiot

When I was little, I used to think that alligators or crocidiles would come up the toilet and eat my while I was on the "can". I'd sit on the toilet, do my business, then jump up as fast as I could and put the lid down... Then flush and laugh 'cause they didn't get me!!!

Melody

When I was a kid I was afraid to flush the toilet for fear that a flushing it would let a shark come up. My brother suggested putting the lid down before I flushed it, or I could slam it down after I flushed. That way the shark would hit its head and go away.

Timothy

Our toilet had some bad pipes, and made a LOT of noise. My evil brother told me there was a monster at the bottom of the hole that could sense heat, so it would feel the warmth of your body and GET you, unless you were quick. I blame a lot of my constipation problems on my brother.

Anon

I used to believe that when my dad flushed a dead fish or turtle down the toilet, the water would bring it back to life and it could jump up and bite my behind when I was using the bathroom.

Laura

When i was about 5 years old my dad let me see the movie called The Mummy. Then every time i would go to the bathroom i thought those spiders that ate people would be on the toilet paper so i started using Kleenex.

Nicole

I used to think, that if you flushed the toilet, when you were on your own, the poo monster would come up and get you. Then I realized, that i was no longer suceptible to the poo monster. But I was suceptible to acne, among other things.

Jessse

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 think that there were dragons or ghosts in the toilet who would get me if i wasn't careful. Then when my sister accidentally pulled off our lizard's tail, my dad flushed it down the toilet, so I never used that toilet because i believed it might come out of the drain, attach itself to my flesh and drain the life out of me.

Redrum4213

When I was little, I was convinced Darth Vader lived in my Nan's toilet. Someone had to stand outside the door while I went in case he come out and 'Got me'.

Daft eh?

sarah

When I was about 5, a teenage babysitter allowed me to watch The Hunchback of Nore Dame and then terified me by telling me that i would grow a hunchback if I sat slouched too long on the toilet.For ages afterwards I was traumatised by every answer to nature's call.

Jane Dolby

I once had a dream that this big scary gorilla came out of the toilet and chased me. After that, I was afraid it really would happen and was always putting the top down.

Anon

I once killed a big yucky spider and flushed it down the toilet. My friend told me that I shouldn't have done that because animals got mutated in the sewers and grew really big and could climb out and attack people. For years I did my nmber 1's and 2's in record time to minimise the danger. It was all I could do to contain the screaming....

Anon

I was convinced that if you didn't wash your hands after going to the bathroom, they would catch on fire. I'm not sure if someone told me this or if it was my own invention, but it worked!

Brad

I was sure something unspeakably horrible could happen to me if I stayed in the bathroom while the toilet was flushing...like I would get sucked in or something.

Cyn