I used to be scared of the drain at the bottom of the pool, especially the big one at the community pool. I imagined it would suddenly suck me down to the underworld and there was a monster down there that wanted me. I stayed scared of pool drains for a very long time.
A childhood belief about swimming pools
others believed things like this
- I believed that the Kreepy Crawlie used to clean our pool, would follow me around the pool and eat me. — Mother-of-2
- I used to think that a "pool shark" was an actual shark that lived in a swimming poolAnon
- I used to think that a carpool was one of those bug, long limosine's with a pool all the way in the back.— Annie
- Whenever my fingers wrinkled from staying in the pool too long, I thought I was aging faster.— The Mortal Elf
- If you pee in a pool, the pee disappearsAnon
- I used to believe that your tap water came from the swimmimg pool.— Mimi