When I was a child I used to think that killer clowns were a thing that applied to any clown I saw.
My fear of clowns came for the first time when my dad made me look at the teaser for the first "IT" film and since that day I have been scared of them.
It was at the nearest halloween from when my dad showed me the teaser for the "IT" film, i was at my mom's house and I was getting ready in my room to go out in my skeleton outfit, when suddenly two huge clown entered my room I got so scared I started crying so much that the clown removed their mask and it was my brother and dad i stopped crying when I saw it was them but because of that im still scared of clown even now and i can't stand looking at one and it was still pretty funny to look at them getting lectured by mom.
A childhood belief about clowns

others believed things like this
- I used to think that a clown lived under my bed and tried to eat me while i was asleepAnon
- I used to believe that i was turning into a clown whenever I cried becase my cheeks and nose would become red— melissa
- When I was a child I used to be afraid of clowns because they used to have very big shoes— LIZA
- I used to believe that an animated film meant that the film had live animals in it.— reverb
- I believed that linguini was made of tape worms and was scared to eat pasta for a long time!— Mojo!
- I used to believe that clowns were born that way.— Kelly