A childhood belief about fear of

when i was little, i looked up to my brother, older than me by 5 years. We shared a room until i was seven.
At night, when he would go to the bathroom and flush the toilet. He would then RUN down the hall and jump into his bed and pull up his covers really fast
I asked him why he did this, and he said that by the time the toilet finishes flushing, you have to be in your bed and under your covers or the Boogie Man would come and eat you. Of course, i believed him.
When i was about six, i went to the bathroom at night. I flushed the toilet and ran down the hall. However, i was a very clumsy child, and i ran into the wall. By the time i rubbed my foot, the toilet had stopped flushing, and i wasnt in my room! i ran into my parents room and cried, kissing them madly and saying i was going to get eaten...

...my parents still laugh about that one. Thank you so much older brother...