I believed when my granmother said during a big storm that if I slept with my pet dog or cat, the thunder could shoot me in my bed.
Because the animal fur attracted the electricity.
A childhood belief about cats and dogs

others believed things like this
- our grandfathers bald head was because our granmother pulled it out when she got mad at him— daniel copeland calif,u.s.
- When I was younger, I believed that squinting in a storm would make you cross-eyed... forever.Anon
- When I was a child, I believed that thunder was God playing on the computer.
— Gabriela - i believed that thunder and lightning came out of the alley across the street from my house.Anon
- When i was little, i believed that if you slept with socks on, your feet would fall off.Anon
- I used to believed that when I went to sleep my heart took a rest too, and didn't pump at all while I slept.— Lara