One time I was at McDonald's with my grandmother, and I had to go to the bathroom. She told that she needed to come with me so that no bad men come and get me in the bathroom. From that day on, I always checked behind the toilet in the bathroom stalls, and inside the toilets to make sure nobody was in there waiting for me!
A childhood belief about fear of

others believed things like this
- 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
- i used to be scared to use the bathroom becuase i believed something lived in the toilet.— robert allen freeman the fourth
- someone told me that if u go to the bathroom on the toielt you would get sucked inn..— terrified child
- That blue cheese was made by scraping mould off bathroom walls. My mother actually told me that.— sandee
- I used to believe teachers never had to go to the bathroomAnon
- When I was little, I thought it was harmful to eat while you were going to the bathroom. Anon