When I was a toddler my older brothers ruined my potty training. They told me that there was a monkey living in the toilet and that it was going to bite my butt. That scared the heck out of me. I refused to use the toilet for a long time after that!
A childhood belief about fear of

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that crocodiles lived in the toilet and would bite my butt when I had to go to the loo.— Oz
- i used to think that when i was pooping a crocodile could come out of the toilet and bite my butt off.— derek
- I thought there was a beaver living in the toilet that would bite me if I wasn't ever vigilant. — Camille
- I used to believe that if I sat on the toilet too long a snake would come up and bite me.— Cheesemonkey
- I used to think people had a "potty mouth" if they had been drinking out of the toilet.Anon
- When I was 8 I thought a spider lived in the toilet and would bite me if I sat on it.— Mike