I had a strange fear that if I closed my eyes in the bathtub, William Shakespeare would come up through the drain and kill me. I knew his name, but I had no idea who he was, so I just naturally assumed he was some sort of bathtub vampire.
A childhood belief about vampires
others believed things like this
- I used to believe that if I fell asleep in the bathtub I would wake up in the sea.— Brenda
- That there was a zombie living behind the bathtub in the upstairs bathroom.Anon
- I used to think I was a vampire, and that my parents were trying to kill me by making me go to school. — Max
- I used to believe that a baby shower was a tiny bathtub with a showerhead just for the baby.— Amy
- Since he had fought in WWII, I naturally assumed my grandfather had killed Hitler himself.Anon
- I used to believe that when I closed my eyes, nobody could see me. — Jens