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Anyone ever see the film alligator? when I saw the dad flush the baby alligator down the toilet that freaked me out I had to squat on the toilet seat after that cos I was afraid it would come out and get me

Damian

I was 12 when we used a Ferry to cross Lake Champlain. I had to use the bathroom, but was scared that a fish was going to come up and bite my fanny!

Snake Lady

when i was little and i was on the pot i believed that and hand made of water would reach up and grab my butt!!

maria

i thought that if u flushed down a dead fish it would come back and be a toilet ghost so when i lost mr.rainbow (a beta) i was scared to use the toilet

Michael

When I was young, I had some bathroom fears... One of the worst ones was this:

I was terrified that if I stayed in the bathroom when I flushed the toilet, a drain dwelling ghost would come out and get me. So I'd flush and run.

Skye

my mom used to tell me if i didn't flush the toilet then the toilet would come alive and eat me up until nothing was left of me and of course i always made sure i flushed the toilet!

sarasponda

I always thought the toilet was gonna swallow me up...I would always run from the flushing sound thinking that was it's growl....I also thought rats were gonna climb out...

Usagi Ohkami

A hairdresser found out that I was utterly terrified of thunderstorms and whispered a warning to my mom, that I heard and have not forgotten until this day... "my grandmother's best friend's great aunt's cousin (twice removed)... her grandson's wife's mom was struck by lightning while sitting on a toilet one night... she's fine, but the toilet split in two... the reason she didn't die is because the safest orphus to get struck by lightning is your anal orphus..."
To this day, I refuse to use the restroom during a thunderstorm...

Kelley in NC

I used to believe that there were monsters that swam around in pipes underground and ate poop from toilets after you flushed them. And I also believed that sometimes they would get so greedy that they would bite you in the butt.

Anon

I used to think that there would be a snake in the toilet everytime I lifted up the seat. I still feel this way sometimes at age 25. I have no idea where it comes from!

Teala

After seeing 'Look Who's Talking 2' when I was five, I became convinced that all toilets were evil, and especially hated me.
For about two months I wouldn't even go near one without someone with me.

Kirstie Alley ruined my life

I used to believe that the toilets with the black seats would attack me when i sat down, but that the white ones were nice.

IM

I always believed that there were snake-like things in the toilet that would come out and bite you, so you had to poop whenever you sat on the toilet to appease their appettite. I was really scared of sitting on the toilet when I just had to pee when I was still to short to do it standing up, or when I didn't poop right away. I thought maybe they would be impatient and want their food right away, so they'd just end up biting me. I always pooped really quickly.

Linc, Austin, Texas

I used to believe that if you sat on the toilet for too long, your poop would turn into a giant poop ant and eat you. I also thought you would live forever inside that ant...

Tori

My sister was taking too long washing her hands in the bathrom, so I told her that she had to hurry up or else a monster would come out of the toilet and get her. But then, I started to believe that it would actually happen, so Id wash my hands first, THEN flush the toilet and run out as fast as I could.

Niki

I was a wierd kid so I had a lot of wierd notions in my head. I am happy to say I still have a good imagination.

Because of all of those "Bloody Mary will get you if you say her name three times into the mirror in the bathroom" stories, I somehow translated that into the flush for the toilet being the cue for the ghosts to come out and attack you. I often ran out of the bathroom and down the hall to where everyone else was saying "Ha! not this time." Everyone stared at me like I was nuts...I think they may have been right.

Meg

When I was little, I wasn't afraid of the dark. No, I was afraid of the alligator living in the toilet. No idea why I thought there was one, but I was always afraid to sit down in case it bit me in the butt.

Anon

when I was about 6 I saw the movie Steven King's It. So after I saw that movie i was scared to death. So, I would always inspect the shower, sink, toilet and any other place before I peed. When I was peeingi would always stand and watch (even tho im a girl)

meepers

when i waslittle my cousin lied alot,so she told me that when i flushed the toilet a monster would come out and kill me so i never shut the door when i was in the bathroom exept when i was taking a bath

fear of a toilet

when i was little, i was always scarred of plugging up the toilet. it seems that every time i did, my parents would be angry at me. i could see the disappointment it in their eyes. after some time, when i flushed, i would plug my ears and run out of the room as to not be there if it happened. funny huh?

Anon