I used to believe that when my dad flushed a dead fish or turtle down the toilet, the water would bring it back to life and it could jump up and bite my behind when I was using the bathroom.
A childhood belief about fear of

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that a wake was something you go to to try to bring the dead person back to life.Anon
- I used to think watering dead flowers would bring them back to life.— Natasha
- I used to think that you could bring dead flowers back to life if you watered them.Anon
- When I was a boy I flushed my fish down the toilet thinking that it would go to its mommy and daddy.— Jeremy Clark
- 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 if you died you could have 'an operation' to bring you back to life. — Mikey