I used to think that the Devil lived in the toilet and would be afraid to go to the bathroom, and when I finally would go I would constantly look down in the toilet bowl to see if the Devil was there ready to grab me and drag me down to Hell.
A childhood belief about fear of

others believed things like this
- My mum told me that if you eat while you're on the toilet, you're feeding the devil! — Claire
- i thought when you flushed, it went down to hell and that's what the devil fed the people in he..— Barb.
- Grandmother told me if I whistled in the bathroom the devil would come get me because I was whistling for him.— Peanut @ Lake Tawakoni Tx
- When i was small i used to think god lived on top of my house and the devil lived right underneath it.— Missuss D
- I used to be afraid that "boney Legs", a witch from a story Lived in the toilet. Anon
- i used to be scared to use the bathroom becuase i believed something lived in the toilet.— robert allen freeman the fourth