when my nannny lived in her house that as the pool i loved to go in it but i was scared sometimes. You know how in pools to clean then there is like a vacume that cleans the bottem well i tought that if i got near it, it would suck me up too. my uncle nick used to tease me about it and make me more scared. i was about 6 or 7 intll i would go near it.
A childhood belief about swimming pools

others believed things like this
- I believed that the Kreepy Crawlie used to clean our pool, would follow me around the pool and eat me. — Mother-of-2
- when I was little i was scared of vacuum cleaners. I thought they would suck me inside of them.— Julie
- When I was 5 I was terrible scared of vacuum cleaners, because I thought it can suck me.— ahhhhhhhhh
- I used to believe that "car pools" were cars with pools in them, like in the rock videos.— Smart Cookie
- I used to believe that sharks lived under the pools where the air vents were. — Carol
- when i was little i used to believe that darth vador lived in my basement, and i was scared to go down there.— Jilli