When I was little, my younger sister had a dream about a giant,child-eating, rainbow-haired baby with razor sharp teeth called the Yum-Yum boy. We believed that it lived in our older brother's closet and that if we flushed the toilet, it would wake up and get us. Because of this, we used to go to the bathroom together (so as not to have to flush twice) and get ready to sprint down the stairs once the handle was depressed.
A childhood belief about in my closet

others believed things like this
- I used to beleve when i was 4 that the flush on the toilet was to wake up toilet monsters.— Millie
- i used to be scared to use the bathroom becuase i believed something lived in the toilet.— robert allen freeman the fourth
- I used to believe that monsters lived in my toilet and they ate my poop and urine when i flushed the toilet.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 eating burnt toast would make your teeth whiter and would brush your teeth for you.— Natasha
- My older brother used to tell me if you ate raw potatoes your teeth would grow long and curly!— Lauren