When I was a kid I was afraid to use a pay toilet at the laundromat because I thought if you stayed in there too long, a giant pinball-type plunger would shove you out with you pants down around your ankles.
A childhood belief about fear of

others believed things like this
- When I was little I thought that if I stayed a long time in the water I would become a mermaid.— Salma
- I used to believe if you stayed in water too long your skin would get really wrinkled and stay that way.Anon
- I used to be afraid that "boney Legs", a witch from a story Lived in the toilet. Anon
- I used to belive that zombie hands would burst trough the floor and grab my ankles.Anon
- i used 2 think if u lied your pants would catch on fire cus of the sayin "lier lier pants on fire!"— nell
- I used to believe that if I sat on the toilet too long a snake would come up and bite me.— Cheesemonkey