At the zoo near where I live they had this black widow spider that lived in a closed toilet, I was young but my parents still told me it was poisonous, and I swear to God one time it wasn't there! For months I had to check every time I went to the toilet!
A childhood belief about fear of
others believed things like this
- My mom told me that if I didn't wash my hair black widow spiders would come live in it.— grew up in Nebraska
- When I was 8 I thought a spider lived in the toilet and would bite me if I sat on it.— Mike
- I used to believe that monsters lived in my toilet and they ate my poop and urine when i flushed the toilet.Anon
- My brother (who was 6 at the time) would never flush the toilet in fear of our new house being blown up! Anon
- I used to believe that there were red and black spiders underneath the table in the toilet.— Phil
- I thought that toilet paper was bread and by puting it it the toilet i was feeding the ducks at the bottem.— Gringo