Toddler scares the crap out of her mom in the most innocent way possible

It turned out to be something way better.

When IT came out in 1990, it terrified children and parents alike. The 2017 reboot of IT is still keeping people on their toes.

Twitter user @BornToBriWild's three-year-old daughter gave her a scare recently when she looked down the drain and said, "Hi Georgie."

In IT, Georgie is a little boy who gets lured into a sewer.

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And gets eaten by this monstrous clown named Pennywise.

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So you'd understand why Bri was so scared to look at what their daughter just pointed out, considering the toddler had never even seen IT.

"Against my better judgement i look down the drain AND," she tweeted, preparing for the bright yellow demon eyes of Pennywise to look back at her, "..it's Peppa Pig's little brother, George."

One person commented that Bri's experience was "precious and terrifying." Bri replied that it's a "perfect summary for having children."

But if she had seen Pennywise staring back at her, or "anything else other than that stupid pig," she would have ran out of the house and wished her daughter luck.

And some people had their own responses to the situation.

After Bri's tweet about the drain-dwelling pig, she tweeted a photo of her kids, who actually look a lot less creepy than you'd expect for toddlers who talk to sink drains.

"This is the offender and her little brother who are the lights of my life but also the reasons I'm up at 2am," she said.

They're actually pretty cute. But if Bri hears her daughter talking to the sink again, or sees mysterious balloons floating out of the sewers, she should probably run.

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