When I was young my mom told me that thunder happens when clouds bang together.
A childhood belief about thunder and lightning

others believed things like this
- My mother always told me that thunder came from clouds colliding with each other.— Martijn
- I was told as a child that the sound of thunder was from angels bowling in the clouds.— Patty, NY
- I thought when the Big Bang happened it made an actual bang noise— Catte
- My mother told me when I was young that thunder was from God bowling!— K.G.
- when i was young i was told that thunder represented god moving the chairs about— lips
- I think thunder is the clouds fighting and bashing eachother and lightning is fire balls from the sun.— Crazy Cowgirl MADI