An older cousin told me that if you peed in the pool, the pee would solidify, drag you down and drown you. From that day on, I just kacked in the pool instead...
A childhood belief about swimming pools

others believed things like this
- My big brother told me that if you peed in the pool, it would turn purple and chase you.— Elizabeth
- my aunt told us there was a special chemical in the pool that would turn red if we peed in it.Anon
- 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 believe there were invisible sharks in the deep end of the pool, thanks to my older brother.— Melissa
- When I was little, my dad told me that if you pee in the pool the water will turn purpleAnon