A childhood belief about fear of

when i was about 5 i had a very strange dream about toilets. i dreamed that there was this kind of toilet monster that was invisible in the water and smelled strongly of pertrol. he would jump out of the toilet as you sat down and then you could see him, and he looked like a man with hamburger meat stuck all over him.

for 4 years i was always afraid of using the toilet in a public place when no one else was in the restroom. if there were more people there would therefore be more witnesses to my tragic demise and he would be found out.