I used to believe that people lived inside the pit of outhouses and that at night they would drag kids inside. I refused to poo on camping trips unless they had flush toilets until I was 9. Thanks to my brother for that fear!
A childhood belief about fear of

others believed things like this
- Atomatic toilets had people inside of them watching to see when you are done.Anon
- I used to believe the people I saw on TV lived inside it and the could really see you.Anon
- 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 tv people were tiny famous people that lived inside that box with a window called TV.— Miguel Horacio
- I used to believe that actors were little people that lived inside the television set.Anon
- I believed that the inside of a tomato was a small, living creature and I flatly refused to eat that bit.Anon