My Grandson is afraid to flush the toilet because he thinks that his poop will come alive and turn into Mr. Poo from Southpark.
I am totally serious, he is 8 years old and refuses to flush.
A childhood belief about fear of

others believed things like this
- the poopy man. he would pick your poop up when you flush— annie
- I used to beleve when i was 4 that the flush on the toilet was to wake up toilet monsters.— Millie
- i used to belive that when you flush a toilet on an aeroplane you get sucked down— milly
- My brother (who was 6 at the time) would never flush the toilet in fear of our new house being blown up! Anon
- I used to believe that monsters lived in my toilet and they ate my poop and urine when i flushed the toilet.Anon
- My nephew refuses to put his tooth under his pillow in case the fairy burns him with her wand.— Nina