When I was little, my dad told me that there were alligators in the septic tank and they were the ones who made all the noise. The septic tank was in the basement with the nintendo set (1985) so once I was done playing, I would race through the basement turning off all the lights as fast as I could so that the alligators wouldn't get out of the tank and eat me.
A childhood belief about general

others believed things like this
- I used to think that the TV show "Shark Tank" involved actual sharks in a tank.Anon
- My parents used to own a Restaurant. I belived the lobsters in the tank were pets.— Ned
- After seeing Thomas the Tank Engine, I believed that all the locomotives in the world had a face.— Joe
- I used to think allegations were made by alligators.Anon
- I used to believe there really was alligators in the sewers— Makron
- I had alligators and cartoon lions under my bed.— ruth