I don't know why.. but, I used to believe that Freddy Krueger would come up out of the toilet when you flushed. So.. I would stand up and put my pants back on and stand as far away from the toilet as a flushed and then run out and slam the door behind me as fast as I could.
A childhood belief about fear of

others believed things like this
- 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
- I used to think if I left the toilet seat open my cat would get flushed down the toilet.— G
- I used to believe that the toilet would suck me down if I flushed it.— :-)
- i use to believe that if i flushed the toilet when i was still on it would suck me down to who knows whereAnon
- I don't know why. But I always ran away screaming after the toilet flushed.— Bijan