I was about 6 years old when the movie Jaws came out. I was so terrified of sharks after seeing it, that I thought if I sat on the hopper too long, a shark would bite my butt. This went on for years, but gradually the fear faded........until I saw Orca!
A childhood belief about fear of

others believed things like this
- A friend believed that they used a tame shark during the filming of "Jaws".— Wendy
- I used to think that the TV show "Shark Tank" involved actual sharks in a tank.Anon
- I used the scar on my dads leg was a shark bite when in fact he fell off his bike when he was a child— Wendy Murray
- i used to believe that when i used the tolit a snake will come out and bite your butt. lolAnon
- I used to think that when I was in the bath I shark lived under the bath and that ig might come up and bite me— ------------
- I used to believe that crocodiles lived in the toilet and would bite my butt when I had to go to the loo.— Oz