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i used to believe that if i sat on the toilet for too long a monster would come out and bite my bum off...soo i used 2 do the toilet reeaally quickly and run out of the toilet.

**alison**

I used to believe the toilet would come up to you and try to eat you when he has you tied up to a kitchen sink while barnie played in the backround with Elmo. I had a nightmare about this and after that i didnt flush a toilet for 2 years

Mike

when my sister was little, there was a period where she would be too scared to go to the loo, cos she thought a rat was going to bite her in her erm, well you know what i mean...ahem. Anyway, it was all because we watched a documentary about rats in London, and there was one bit where it showed how rats sometimes like to crawl in the sewers, up the pipes and out of your toilets into your house to eat food. Straight after the documentary she needed to do a poo, but needless to say she was scared that a rat might be lurking under the lid, swimmimg in the water..

psychologically damaged child (+sister)

When I was little I used to think that there was a hand in public toilets just waiting to grab you. I thought that that was why my mom always used to tell me to "squat" while peeing. I would flush the toilet and quickly close it and say "haha, can't get me".

Still hasn't gotten me :)

When I was 3 my cousin (she was like 22) took me to Subway, where her boyfriend worked. He was really nice, and offered me a cookie and some lemonade. I gladly took the offerings, and after gobbling them down, I had to use the restroom. Well, after I had flushed, and was beginning to was my hands, I realised the toilet was overflowing! I was freaked out, I thought I was going to drown, so I ran to the door. Unfortunatly, the door was jammed, and wouldn't open, so, I began to frantically beat it yelling "AMY.. AMY IT'S GONNA GET ME, AMY HELP!!!" She came running, but the door wouldn't open for her. She worked at it, and it opened, I jumped into her arms murmuring "Amy it was going to get me". -It is now 11 years later, and I am still afraid. I never shut the bathroom door completely, and I always run out of the bathroom at top speed, to return after the toilet is done running and wash my hands.

It was the most terrifying moment of my life.

Morgen S.

When I was 4 or 5, I used to believe that if I flushed the toilet while sitting on the potty, that I would be flushed down with it. I used to have my sister hold on to my hands while I went to the bathroom. I was small for my age and my tushy barely covered the seat. Thank goodness my tushy got bigger.

kate

When I was in kindergarten, each class had its own washroom(a good thing, in my opionion) but anyway, when I started grade one my sister was starting fourth grade. She told me that all the toilets in the girls washroom had monsters in them, who would eat anyone who wasn't 7 yet(lucky me,8 months til my birthday). She told me the only place I could go to the bathroom was in either: a urinal in the boys bathroom, or my pants. Now being young and gullible, I believed her without question. Of course, I could never let a boy see me in their bathroom, so I spent many a lunchtime trying to sneak into the boys bathroom without being seen. To make matters WORSE, I couldn't figure out how the urinals worked, and naturally assumed that you sat in them like a toilet. After sitting down in it and doing my business(ill give ya a hint. i didnt have to piss), I spent ages trying to find the handle to flush it! I eventually gave up and went back to class, but after that I could never bring myself to go back into the boys bathroom, cause i didnt like the wet feeling on my ass(which i have now deducted was some guys piss) And,well, put it this way. My mom started wondering why she found my pants in the laundry every day.....But don't worry. I got my sister back....Hehe(i got all my friends together and we held her down and made her drink 4 glasses of water. Then we towed her over to her crushes house, and he opened the door just as she lost control. :)YAY)

Kyla

When I was about 4 or 5 years old, I was a bit scared of the bathroom because I thought that when I flushed the toilet, ghosts would come out of it. Because I thought ghosts came out of the toilet, I usually got up and ran out of the bathroom and stoped when I saw someone and I acted casual so people wouldn't find out.

Anna

When I was five years old, I had just saw the movie "Look Who's Talking." Oh boy... I had a nightmare that night, in which I woke up, walked past the bathroom to go watch cartoons, and then the toilet said the movie toilet's phrase, "I want your pee-pee!" in a scary voice. I tried to run to my parent's room, but I was held in place. Then I woke up before the toilet sucked me in. For about three years, I would always run past our bathroom.

Tommy

when i was a kid i used to think that when you pooped and peed and then fluched it down the toilet it was feeding monsters in the sewers and that if you didn't use the bathroom too often that they would starve and come up looking for food.

T-bop

When I was younger I would never go to the bathroom at my grandma's house because I thought that a witch was gonna pop out and bite my butt!

Aubrey

I used to believe that a monster lived in the toilet and didn't like it when I flushed. So I literally ran from the bathroom every time I flushed so the monster wouldn't come out and eat me.

Anteater Licking Igloos

I beleived that Dracula lived down the toilet and would bite my Bum. First I'd check that he wasn't there then I'd go as quickly as possible and finally I'd take great satisfaction flushing 'cause I knew he couldn't get me then. Going to the Loo was a real adventure!

Izzy

i use to believe that if i sat on a toilet too long(like going number2) then a witch's hand would suddenly appear and try to up my but hole!

Anon

weni was young i got scared 2 flush the tolet cause i thought chuckie from the horror movies would come out and kill me

tr75236472

I used to be convinced that if i didnt run out of the bathroom bfore the toilet finished flushing, a monster would rise out of the toilet and get me.

Christie

When I wuz about 8 or something I saw a tv show on Discovery channel and I saw a rat coming up out of the toilet and i wuz scared a rat would come up mine. So i asked my mom if we could put a brick on top of the toilet but she said it would come up anyways!

Scary!

Still to this day i cannot go to the toilet with a window open because i think there are people looking in, i have even given these people names Aoife and Jason

James Mac

I used to beleive that if you flushed the toilet a masquarade of evil things (though i didnt know what) would pour out of walls mirrors and all other things you could think of! so id finish, open the door and flush... then id run like mad towards the living room (sometimes screaming all the way!)Everyone must have thought i was MAD!:)

Nahtiak (nah-tee-ack)