I used to believe that the sound of thunder was clouds bumping into each other.

Carolyn

I used to belive (thanks to having an older brother) that if you heard the ceiling creaking when upstairs that it was the footsteps of ghosts in the loft. He also told me that if you see fork lightning during a thunder storm it releases ghosts and spirits which saw you looking and they will find you...what a gullable little sister I was!

Marie Taylor

When i was little i was watching a storm out of the window. When my mum asked what i was doing i said of the lightning that God was taking photos of me.

Deborah

When I was a kid I thought that when there was a thunderstorm the angels were playing a game of Family Feud in two teams of four up in heaven. God was hosting that game. I thought that whenever a contestant gave an answer that was not on the board and was a strike was when a lightning strike actually happened. I also assumed that the sound of thunder was the sound of the audience either booing to for an answer that was a strike or cheering for the family for winning the round. Rain came from the tears from the family of angels who were beaten.

Trevor

I thought thunder was a cloud falling down on the roof.

Linda, Los Angeles

As I used to be very scared of thunder and lightning when I was little, my mum told me it was God moving his furniture around. If a particularly loud rumble of thunder occured I said it sounded like a wardrobe. If a loud clap of thunder was heard I said it sounded like he dropped it.

Louise

When I was little when there was lightning I thought that God was taking a picture of us.

Tammy

when i was little and was afraid of thunder, my mother told me not to worry --- it was just God moving his furniture.

barbara

When I was very young, I asked my mother what thunder was, and to this day (I'm 38) I still picture this when it thunders:

"It's God playing with his marbles."

Gary

My parents told me during thunderstorms that all the noise was Fred Flintstone bowling. It always made me feel better!

Amanda

My older sister told me during a rainstorm that thunder was just the angels blowing their noses.

I'm 40, and to this day I've never been afraid of thunder.

Patti

I remember being very young, and I was woken by the thunder and lightning outside. It was so loud and scary! I thought lightning was God's temper. The louder the thunder, and the brighter the lightning, the closer he was to getting me. I would inch to the edge of the bed where I couldn't see out my window (and assumed since I couldn't see outside, "he" couldn't see in) and lay there for 15 minutes waiting for the thunder and lightning to calm down before going back to bed.

Anon

My friend once told me that thunder was the angels in heaven bowling ang lightning happened when they got a strike. I believed her for years.

M.

I used to believe that when thunder and lightning struck it was dead people in heaven going ten pin bowling. When my grandfather died (he was an obsessed bowler) I used to think it was him.

Erin Jones

I believed until I was 11 that thunder was God rearanging his furniture up in heaven.

kitkat

I used to believe thunder was the sound of two clouds colliding.

Darren

When I was little my older brother convinced me that thunder was caused by clouds banging together. Makes sense even now.

Jemima

I used to believe that thunder was when the sky belched really loundly. During storms, I thought the sky was being needlessly rude, and sometimes was so offended that I would run to mom to "tell on" the sky. She thought it was funny.

Anon

I used to be scared of thunder and lightning as a kid, and so I made up a story involving God and his angels, to this day, I still believe, even though I now don't beleive in God.

When its thunder, God's passing wind. When its raining, the angels are weeing, and when it's lightning, God's annoyed with everyone...

Pandora

when i was little and it use to storm my brother use to tell me it was the thunder monster. and now im still a bit frightened of thunder and lightning...but its funny my brother is too! hehe

Stephanie