I used to believe that a witch lived in the toilet. If I didn't close the lid and close the bathroom door the witch would come out in the night and get me. I later learned that my sister told me this to get me to close the lid and close the bathroom door.
A childhood belief about fear of
others believed things like this
- I used to believe that if you didn't close the toilet lid after flushing, you would get sucked down into it.— Maya
- i used to believe that my father always told us to close the doors to keep the giraffes out ... terrifying— lee
- My mother told me that if I lay too close to our electric radiator (heater) my brains would melt.
— robyn c. - I used to think that if you don't close your eyes while you sneeze YOU DIE!!!!— Nutter
- I used to believe that big grasshoppers would spit tobacco at you if you got too close to them.— Uni
- I believed that leaves on trees only became individual when you you close to them, and then I got glasses.— nola