Up until I was about 7 or 8 I used to believe that when you went to the loo at night after all the family were asleep tigers would rush out of the bowl and try to eat you as soon as you flushed it. Used to drive my dad mad when he'd find a full bowl as he prepared for work.
A childhood belief about fear of

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that the Super Bowl was a bowling tournament.— Angela
- German tiger tanks shot out tigers, the invading army would get mauled to death by all the tigers— Bob
- To clean the goldfish you put washing up liquid into its bowl.— Sev
- I used to think the Super Bowl was a huge bowling tournament.Anon
- I used to believe that toilet seats were for kids only and that adults sat directly on the bowl. — Evan Klyne
- My mum told me that if I ate sugar from the sugar bowl I'd get worms.— QueenB