I was a really morbid child because till I was about 6 or so I refused to drink tap water unless I was forced to because I thought they kept all the dead bodies in the water tower to mummifiy them. One too many horror films....
A childhood belief about water towers

others believed things like this
- When I was young I refused to drink well water because I thought it came out of whales.— itodd
- When I was a kid I always thought that a water tower was the robot from the TV show "Lost in Space".— sherryj
- I thought tonic water was toxic water and wondered why would anyone drink it if it is toxic?— Dr.Badguy
- i used to think the water tower was filled with milk— jen
- i used to believe that humpty dumpty lived in our towns water towerAnon
- My mum used to tell me that you couldn't drink water out of the tap from the bathroom as it was poisonous.Anon