When I was 6 my swim coach told me that if you slow down when your swimming, that the pool alligators will get you. I was afraid to go to practice for awhile, until my mom told me that there werent any alligators.
A childhood belief about swimming pools

others believed things like this
- I used to think that Gatorade had little tiny alligators swimming around in it.— SAVE THE GATORS!
- I used to believe there really was alligators in the sewers— Makron
- I had alligators and cartoon lions under my bed.— ruth
- I used to think allegations were made by alligators.Anon
- I use to think elevators were alligators & cantalope was antelopes.Anon
- I believed alligators lived in toilets, and one apparently got hold of my sister.Anon