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At the movie store there used to be a movie with a greeblie monster coming out of the toilet on the cover. I used to believe that if I used the toilet, he would jump out and eat me. It used to scare the crap out of me - literally.

Kel

After I watched Jaws for the first time, I was horrified to take a bath or go to the bathroom because I thought that Jaws would come through the toilet and bite my butt or he would break through the tile in the bath tub and eat me.

Anon

I used to be so afraid of the toilet because when I was little I believed that frogs were waiting in the toliet to lick you clean when you've finished your business. When I became an adult and an ACTUAL frog was in my toilet, I had a panic attack (clinging to my husband in fear "it's true? I thought I made that up...")

Anon

for some odd reason i used to think that cookie monster (from sesame street) lived in the bathroom-all bathrooms. i was terrified of him (i liked no one on the show except the count, who i was "married" to)any way i thought cookie monster was afraid of salt, so i always took salt into the restroom with me. i didnt realize that cookie moster was made-up till one day at a restraunt my mom caught me trying to hide a slat shaker in my pocket before going to the bathroom.

Anon

I used to believe that if you flushed the toilet without feeding it, it would flood your house and the pipes would explode. So I used to get a LOONNNG piece of toilet paper, stand back, and let the toilet slowly eat it up. XD

Wugnut

When i was little, my baby-sitter told me that a scuba-diver would come up out of the pipes and spear me in the butt. even though i never 'really' believed it, it still freaked me out every time i had had to go.

Cassie

There once was a commercial for bathroom air freshener - some kind of circle that you attach next to the toilet. In the commercial, the toilet would get really big (to represent a big, nasty odor, I guess) and it didn't get back to its normal size until someone put the air freshener next to it.

Well, in my first day of school, I had to go the bathroom but I didn't see the air freshener there, so I was afraid to go because I was afraid the toilet would get big and attack me. Unfortunately, I wet my pants and no one understood why I didn't just use the toilet.

Aleks

Until i was about 6, i always was afriad the toilet would over flow when i flushed it. So i never would. Until my parents started to yell at me for it. So eachtime before I flushed it, I would close the lid, stand on it, and hope for the best. At times I would remain standing on the toilet lid for up to 10 minutes, just to make sure.

Anon

You know the doors inside restrooms that either aren't labeled or say "Authorized Personnel Only"? Well, I used to think that if I opened that door, a gorilla would be hiding behind the door, and it would jump out and scare me. Why a gorilla of all things, I will never know. I guess it was just my crazy imagination.

TxTetley

I used to think that the toilet water was immediately recycled to other parts of the house after flushing, so until I was 12 or so, I would wash my hands BEFORE I flushed the toilet at home. I also wouldn't get a drink of tap water for at least an hour after, and would let the toilet sit unflushed until after I showered if I had to use the restroom right before bathtime. I never was able to break the habit until I read a book about plumbing. oops.

Liz H.

When I was young I believed that after flushing the toilet a witch would come out and get me. I could stop this from happening by running to my room and standing under the light until the sound stopped. The bright coloured blobs caused by looking directly into the light bulb kept me safe. I am now 30 years old and have recently stopped this habit.

JC

I used to think that every time you flushed the toilet, it would get mad and wonder who did it. I decided that the way to prevent it unleashing its terrible wrath upon me was to run out of the washroom before the toilet was done flushing. You then had to pretend that you never went to the bathroom so it wouldn't suspect you. I think I believed this until I was about nine.

Alison

Well, when I was little my older cousin once told me that if I went poo at night time a man with a nife would reach out from the sewer and stab me in the butt. Now I was deathly afraid of getting stabbed, so I cleverly hid a bucket under the sink. I would poo in the bucket and then drop it in toilet with triumph. Sooo stupid.

Erika

When I was on a plane I used to believe that toilets would suck you in and you would be released out of the plane. Just the fact that the inside is black and it makes that loud noise it really scared me!

Anon

I used to believe that a snake would come out of the toilet and bite my butt... i thought i saw a snake in the toilet and I freaked out........ then i realized somebody pooped in there and didnt flush lol

InuYasha Lover

For about a year when I was little, I had to reach my hand in the toilet (not the water, just inside the bowl) to feel and make sure there wasn't an invisible monster in it before I could use it.

Carrie

After seeing the film Batman i was sure that if you flushed the toilet and didn't leave the room at full pace the penguin would pop up (riding a giant rubber duck) and eat your face.

Anon

when I was little I was scared of the toilet because I thought it would eat me so I always washed my hands before I flushed the loo. And as soon as I flushed the loo I'd run. Even now I wash my hands before I flush the loo!

Mr scared of loos

When I was younger, I believed that every time I flushed the toilet, dinosaurs would come out of the wall and eat me. It never happened of course, but the possibility freaked me out nevertheless.

Andrew

When I was younger I used to beleive that a fat lady lived in my friends bath, needless to say I thought she could go up the toilet and drag me in or my friend, unfortunately, I thought that every time she didn't answer the phone, she had been kidnapped by the lady. That left a lot of strange answering messages.

a very paranoid bath hater.