When I was little, I beleived that whenever you flushed the toilet, a monster would come out of it and come to get you. My mom would always shout:Honey, go back in there and flush!
I would always slowly creep up on it, and then I would quickly flush it and run downstairs, afraid that I was being followed..
A childhood belief about fear of

others believed things like this
- I used to beleve when i was 4 that the flush on the toilet was to wake up toilet monsters.— Millie
- i used to belive that when you flush a toilet on an aeroplane you get sucked down— milly
- My brother (who was 6 at the time) would never flush the toilet in fear of our new house being blown up! Anon
- the poopy man. he would pick your poop up when you flush— annie
- I used to believe that monsters lived in my toilet and they ate my poop and urine when i flushed the toilet.Anon
- I used to believe that if I flushed the toilet before I showered, I would take a shower in dirty toilet water.— Chris D