When i was little, my parents had a water bed. Everytime my dad would have to add more water, i would go and hide under my bed because i thought an alligator lived inside my parents waterbed and that it would get out and eat me.
A childhood belief about under my bed

others believed things like this
- ***I used to believe that water towers was a place that someone lived and they controlled the water.— C H R I S T E N
- On family road trips, my parents always told me that water towers were filled with chocolate.— Edith
- I thought that hydrogen was pure water (since I knew hydro- meant water) and H2O was impure some how— Hexetic
- I used to believe that if i splashed water on the wall during a bath, the water would turn into spiders— justin
- that bathroom tap water was recycled "potty" water from the toliet. — livingdeadgirl
- I thought tonic water was toxic water and wondered why would anyone drink it if it is toxic?— Dr.Badguy