Thunder was the angels shaking their blankets out. Rain was the fairies crying.

wolfie

I used to think thunder sounds were called "Boombies" and I would say
"Boombies!" if I heard lightning.

James the Great

When I was about 2 or something, I thought that God had this huge pet dog up in heaven. So I ended up thinking that thunder happened whenever the dog was running away from God and the rain was the dog's pee. ^_^;

Kristina

i used to believe that thunder was when God was playing the drums and lightning was when he was throwing lightning bolts at naughty people.

good question

One time wheen I was a kid, I farted so loudly that my mother said, "Gee, did I hear thunder?". It seems like years thereafter that I actually thought that thunder was caused by somebody somewhere farting very loudly!

Julie

We lived in an area surrounded by farmland, mostly growing potatoes, and whenever it thundered, my dad would say, "They must be loading spuds in Tulelake!" That must have kept me calm when the loud roll of the thunder started.

Peggy

I was told by my older sister that God was rearanging the furniture. And when there was a lighting he didn't like where the angels had placed the furniture so he blew it up.

Anon

When I was a kid, I used to believe that when lightning flashed in the sky, it was angles in heaven making a movie and the studio lights where flashing, when thunder boomed that it was god blowing and when it rained, the Virgin Mary was chopping onions and making God cry

Nancy

When i was about 4 to 5, i used to believe that when there was a thunder storm that dinosours would come outside, so i hid under a table and started crying until it was over.

Anon

My Grandfather used to tell me that when it thundered the angels in Heaven had knocked over their potatoe barrels and spilled out all the potatoes, and I always thought that that must be one humongous, gigantic barrel and a bunch of clumsy angels.

HoundPup

that when it thunder'd it was angels rolling barrels around heaven.

daniel copeland calif,u.s.

i used to believe that rain, was god emptying his water tank, thunder was god shaking the last dregs of water out of the tank and lightning was god changing the light globes..lol boy was i a fool

oogoo

I used to believe that when it thundered it was God moving the furniture around up in heaven!

Clare N.I.

i used to believe rain was when Jesus was having a shower

matt

I watched Heidi as a kid and she believed that when there was lightning you could see into heaven...so I was never scared and always looked...still do!

Lisa

I once thought that clouds were solid because of cartoons. I thought thunder was formed by those solid clouds colliding with each other. Lightning was formed by people on the top of clouds starting fires and when another cloud crashes into the cloud that they are on, it produces an explosion that sends lightning to earth.

Anon

I used to believe that thunder was the angels bowling, so I assumed a few other things, too. Lightning was either them having disco bowling, or somebody was dropping lightbulbs on the ground. And of course, all that bowling made them thirsty, so they had to have water! Rain was them dropping their drinks, and hail and snow was the ice in the water! Tornados were fans turned on, too.

Maddy

I used to believe that thunder was my dead Grandma Caroline bowling in heaven and lighting would occur when she got a strike.

Shannon

I used to think that lightening was like a flashbulb, so you better not be doing anything bad or else the angels or God would see. So smile, just in case it's a picture. Also, if a flash from the reflection fo the sun on a car's windshield or other object would do the same. I did a lot of "freeze and smile" because I wanted to be remembered to be a good little girl who smiled a lot.

L.R.

I used to beleive that thunder was made by the clouds crashing together,and that lightening was the light being pushed out from between the clouds when they crashed together!

Terri