when i was little my brother told me that if i went to the bathroom by myself that the tidy bowl man would come out and eat me. so for a while after that i would make my mom come with me to the bathroom. i finally realized that it wasnt true a little while after that.
A childhood belief about fear of

others believed things like this
- someone told me that if u go to the bathroom on the toielt you would get sucked inn..— terrified child
- Grandmother told me if I whistled in the bathroom the devil would come get me because I was whistling for him.— Peanut @ Lake Tawakoni Tx
- That blue cheese was made by scraping mould off bathroom walls. My mother actually told me that.— sandee
- I used to believe that we got sausages from pulling them out of pigs bums - all neat and tidy. Mmm— L. Webb
- I used to believe teachers never had to go to the bathroomAnon
- When I was little, I thought it was harmful to eat while you were going to the bathroom. Anon