I used to have to hover over toilet seats after I saw the movie Gremlins because I thought one was going to bite me.
A childhood belief about fear of

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that toilet seats were for kids only and that adults sat directly on the bowl. — Evan Klyne
- When I was 8 I thought a spider lived in the toilet and would bite me if I sat on it.— Mike
- I thought there was a beaver living in the toilet that would bite me if I wasn't ever vigilant. — Camille
- 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 crocodiles lived in the toilet and would bite my butt when I had to go to the loo.— Oz
- i used to think that when i was pooping a crocodile could come out of the toilet and bite my butt off.— derek