When I was little i used to believe if you go in the middle of the pool you'd get sucked in by a vortex and be put into another dimension.
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
- I used to believe that if you jump in a toilet, they lead you to another dimension.— beep.
- I used to think that a "pool shark" was an actual shark that lived in a swimming poolAnon
- i used to believe dragon ball z was real
and namek was in another dimension
and every show on tv was realAnon - If you pee in a pool, the pee disappearsAnon
- I used to believe that your tap water came from the swimmimg pool.— Mimi