When I was little I thought when i flushed the toilet if i didn't put the lid down before the water came back up the toilet would eat me, I also thought the toilet could talk.
A childhood belief about fear of

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that if I flushed the toilet before I showered, I would take a shower in dirty toilet water.— Chris D
- 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 think if I left the toilet seat open my cat would get flushed down the toilet.— G
- I used to beleive that if you flushed the toilet that it would explode and all the water would shoot out.— Michelle
- I used to believe that Limabeans would kill you if you didn't eat them.
I flushed them down the toilet.— Lima - I thought that toilet paper was bread and by puting it it the toilet i was feeding the ducks at the bottem.— Gringo