I used to beleive that sharks lived in swimming pool drains and would come out and try to eat me. I would constantly be looking around for sharks when I would get up the courage to actually get in the pool. I also thought they could come out of the bathtub drain as well.
A childhood belief about swimming pools
others believed things like this
- i used to believe there were invisible sharks in the deep end of the pool, thanks to my older brother.— Melissa
- I used to think that a "pool shark" was an actual shark that lived in a swimming poolAnon
- I used to believe that sharks lived under the pools where the air vents were. — Carol
- I believed that the ladder on the back of a trailer/rv led up to a swimming pool.— marilese
- I used to believe that if you farted while swimming in the pool, it could propel you foward really fast.— Rick
- Up until I was in 3rd grade I believed my bathing cap is what kept me afloat in the swimming pool! Anon