I used to believe that tornadoes were gigantic nail-shaped clouds that came down out of the sky and smashed houses. One by one, in a row, the tornado-nail would move up and down smashing all the houses of the neighborhood. Then it would go back into the sky until the next tornado warning
A childhood belief about weather

others believed things like this
- When I was very young, I believed that houses were carved out of one gigantic block of wood.— tinmanjones
- when I was 8 or9 I thought that you could only move to 3 houses or then you would get in big truble!!!— 3 houses
- I used to believe that when there was a tornado watch, you were supposed to sit down and watch the tornado.— Kay
- I used to think that the moon was God's toe nail, when it was in the shape of a crecent— Ms.imagination
- I used to think if a tornado sucked up a poisonous mushroom, it would die.— Will
- When i was little i used to believe that i could suck up a tornado in a vaccuum if it came in my house.Anon