Clowns had hairy backs. Children got stuck, couldn't get free, and starved to death. Clowns thought it was funny, and would look for children to stick in their back hair. I was terrified of clowns, and would run screaming if I saw one.
A childhood belief about clowns

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that clowns were born that way.— Kelly
- Clowns were born like thatAnon
- My sister used to believe that clowns were born that way.— Bonnie
- I used to believe that clowns lived at the circus, until I was 10.— PikachuGirl123
- I believed that evil clowns wanted to eat me.— Joe
- When I was a child I used to be afraid of clowns because they used to have very big shoes— LIZA