When we were kids, my grandmother told us that dogs attracted lightning, so she wouldn't let us bring the dog in when it stormed. We were terrified our dog would be hit by a lightning bolt, so we would stage a commando mission where some of us distracted Nanny while the others smuggled our 80lb Irish Setter into the bedroom closet. Good thing there were 5 kids in the family or our dog might have been toast!
A childhood belief about cats and dogs
others believed things like this
- I was told that if your ever swore in church, as you walked out God would strike you with a bolt of lightning.— Lou
- When I was 10 I thought that if you smoked once God would shoot you with a lightning bolt!— tHOMAS
- I knew lightning could come in through my bedroom window and kill me.
— Cyn - My Grama always told me that thunder was just God bowling and the lightning was when he got a strike!— Kim
- I used to believe electricity came from lightning.Anon
- I used to believe that people could fly during thunder and lightning, because I dreamt this once— Minimania