When I was little I was afraid to sit on the toilet because my grandma told me there was a monster that lived in the pipes, and it came up and grabble little kids who stayed on for too long.
A childhood belief about fear of
others believed things like this
- I used to be afraid that "boney Legs", a witch from a story Lived in the toilet. Anon
- My grandma told me and my sisters that the boogie man lived in her basement and if we cried he would get us.— Paulette
- I was afraid of my grandma because i thought she had germs because she was german!Anon
- I used to be afraid of Tina Turner. I saw her as a monster or something like that.— Kinha SP
- I used to believe if you stayed in water too long your skin would get really wrinkled and stay that way.Anon
- When I was little I thought that if I stayed a long time in the water I would become a mermaid.— Salma