When I was younger I used to think snakes would hide in the plumbing of our toilet. So every time I sat on the toilet I would pause every 5 seconds to make sure that a snake wasn't about to bite me!
A childhood belief about general

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that if I sat on the toilet too long a snake would come up and bite me.— Cheesemonkey
- I thought there was a beaver living in the toilet that would bite me if I wasn't ever vigilant. — Camille
- I thought all snakes were venomous and you always die if you get bit by a snake— Elviessa
- I used to believe that crocodiles lived in the toilet and would bite my butt when I had to go to the loo.— Oz
- When I was 8 I thought a spider lived in the toilet and would bite me if I sat on it.— Mike
- i used to think that when i was pooping a crocodile could come out of the toilet and bite my butt off.— derek