I used to think that if you looked in the bathroom mirror when the light was turned off, a huge zombie/devil/ghoul/Britney Spears would jump out and eat you alive. This led to my insistence that my unfortunate parents sit outside the bathroom every time I went, just in case there was a blackout.
A childhood belief about bathrooms

others believed things like this
- when i first heard "i'm a slave" by britney spears i thought she was saying "i'm a snail forever" — jessica
- That there was a zombie living behind the bathtub in the upstairs bathroom.Anon
- I believed that if I looked too long in the mirror admiring myself the Devil would appear.— Paul Elletson
- Grandmother told me if I whistled in the bathroom the devil would come get me because I was whistling for him.— Peanut @ Lake Tawakoni Tx
- If you stare into a mirror in almost complete darkness, the devil will appear instead of your reflection.Anon
- when i was little i thought every time i left the room my parents turned into aliensAnon