My dad told me that rats lived in the sewers, and some were as big as cats. He told me they would come up when the lights were out and for years I was terrified of going to the loo at night. I thought they would bite my bum :P and I kept getting off the seat just to check they weren't there.
A childhood belief about fear of
others believed things like this
- I used to believe that the dancing rats from the nutcracker lived under my dresser.— Molly
- when i was about 5-8 i used to believe that oompa loompas lived in traffic lights and controlled the lights!!— ~wierd ~
- When I was 8 I thought a spider lived in the toilet and would bite me if I sat on it.— Mike
- When I was six my sister told me Meat Pies were made from mashed up rats...to this day I can't eat a Meat Pie.— Jamie
- I thought traffic lights were controlled by little men who lived inside them. Anon
- Once, at night time, I saw the flashing lights from an aeroplane and I thought it was a UFO.Anon