I used to believe that if I went to the bathroom by myself an alligator would come out of the toilet and bite me on my butt. (Thanks to my Uncle Bill) I always took my younger sister with me if I had to go! (as a result, my sister was potty trained at 19 months of age!)
A childhood belief about fear of

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that crocodiles lived in the toilet and would bite my butt when I had to go to the loo.— Oz
- i used to think that when i was pooping a crocodile could come out of the toilet and bite my butt off.— derek
- My sister used to think that because I was 15 months older than her, I would die 15 months before her!— Nicola Braden
- when i was little my sister told me that when i bite my nails it would cut through my skin and i would die! — nn
- My sister told me that if you had sweetcorn in your poo, you had six months to live! I cried for weeks — Billy
- My sister told me that if I picked my nose there were snail creatures inside of it that would bite my fingers.Anon