When I was a little girl, my older brother told me that Oscar the Grouch lived in toilets and he would attack at random moments. I tried extra hard to pee without touching the seat for a few years...
A childhood belief about fear of

others believed things like this
- My older brother once told me that Aussie shampoo was made from kangaroo pee. I avoided using it for years!— Annie
- i used to believe that little people lived in the toilets. and that they could eat anything and everything. — bob the pinecreek
- On TV game sows when they said the winners were chosen "at random" I thought random was a town.Anon
- My brother that is 6 years younger than me used to believe that in seven years he would be older than me.Anon
- I believed alligators lived in toilets, and one apparently got hold of my sister.Anon
- I used to think that in public toilets, the cleaning lady actually lived in the supply cupboard.Anon