When i was about 6 or 7, my dad told me in Austrailia massive spiders lived under the toilet seat and would bite you when you sat down. I was afraid to go to the toilet for ages. Even though i don't live in Austrailia!! lol..
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others believed things like this
- I used to think if I left the toilet seat open my cat would get flushed down the toilet.— G
- I used to believe that crocodiles lived in the toilet and would bite my butt when I had to go to the loo.— Oz
- When I was 8 I thought a spider lived in the toilet and would bite me if I sat on it.— Mike
- I used to be afraid that "boney Legs", a witch from a story Lived in the toilet. Anon
- I used to believe that monsters lived in my toilet and they ate my poop and urine when i flushed the toilet.Anon
- I used to believe that there were red and black spiders underneath the table in the toilet.— Phil