When i was about 6 i used to believe that if the toilet stopped flushing before i left the bathroom it would come to life and eat me. i don't know where i got the idea from but when the lock got stuck on the door once and i couldn't get out, i cried and my mother had to come and pick the lock to get me out
A childhood belief about fear of

others believed things like this
- I was told as a kid that if you kept stuffing a Big Buddies (bubble gum)I would get lock jaw.— Dawn
- I used to think if you didnt get up before flushing the toilet would eat you...Anon
- i used to think when it started raining it was god flushing the toilet— edel
- I was certain that rain was created by God having a pee and flushing his huge toilet above us— Emma H
- I used to believe that if you didn't close the toilet lid after flushing, you would get sucked down into it.— Maya
- My best friend used to believe that when it rain and thundered that God was flushing his toilet. — Jelly Bean