When I was little, I used to be afraid of the deep end of swimming pools because I thought that people kept their pet sharks there.
A childhood belief about general

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that sharks lived under the pools where the air vents were. — Carol
- i used to believe that pools had underwater doors that sharks were going to swim out of.— marky
- I used to think that the pools was a swimming competition.— Matt
- my Dad told me ice rinks were defrosted every evening and turned into swimming pools— neil
- i used to believe there were invisible sharks in the deep end of the pool, thanks to my older brother.— Melissa
- I used to believe that "car pools" were cars with pools in them, like in the rock videos.— Smart Cookie