When I was young, my aunt used to tell me that the gurgling sound the sink made when all the water was let out after we finished the dishes was her pet alligator. I still haven't stuck my hand down drain, but mostly because I know it's just gross in there.
A childhood belief about general

others believed things like this
- When I was young I used to believe that when it is raining God is crying or washing dishes.Anon
- I used to believe Gatorade was made from alligator pee.Anon
- how many us believed you would go down the drain with the bath water? I did!— Amy
- I used to think that trolls lived in my shower drain and showered with my dirty water— Troll bather
- that if you stuck out your tongue at your mother, your hand would stick up out of the grave when you died.— Elaine. London
- I used to think that satellites were launched from satellite dishes.— Mike