when i was about 6, i used to believe the bottom drain of our club swimpool connected it directly to the ocean. that's what my older cousins told me, because they knew i was dead afraid of sharks ever since i had watched "jaws". they told me a shark could swim through the drain into the pool any time. i spent months without going into the pool.
A childhood belief about monsters
others believed things like this
- I used to believe that once you pulled the plug in the bath a shark would swim out of the drain and eat you.— Amy
- I used to think that a "pool shark" was an actual shark that lived in a swimming poolAnon
- i used to believe there were invisible sharks in the deep end of the pool, thanks to my older brother.— Melissa
- When i was younger,I used to believe i could see a shark in a pool .Anon
- I believed that the Kreepy Crawlie used to clean our pool, would follow me around the pool and eat me. — Mother-of-2
- When I was little, my dad told me that if you pee in the pool the water will turn purpleAnon