I used to think if I sat on the toilet for too long a hairy hand would come out from the hole at the bottom and pull me under.
A childhood belief about fear of

others believed things like this
- i used to believe that scoripons could crawl up your toilet and pull you in.
No thanks to my big brother!— Alexandra - i used to believe that if someone take his bath with a hair shampoo, their body will become hairy.— roslin
- My mum always told me to stop chewing my hair or else i would get a hairy chest! hee, hee! x— Kirsty
- I used to believe that if I sat on the toilet too long a snake would come up and bite me.— Cheesemonkey
- I used to believe that your bottom teeth were actually in your bottom— jez
- I used to think that my right hand wasn't my right hand anymore if I turned around.— Mike