My parents told me that thunder happened because giants were bowling up in the sky and when it thundered it was a strike. When lightning struck, it was their opponents the fairies getting a strike. For years I was worried about giant bowling balls falling out of the sky.
A childhood belief about thunder and lightning
others believed things like this
- I used to believe that thunder happened when God was bowling. Lightning meant he made a strike!Anon
- My Grama always told me that thunder was just God bowling and the lightning was when he got a strike!— Kim
- When I was little my dad told me when ever it thundered it was my Grandma bowling a strike.Anon
- i used to believe that when there was thunder and lightning god was playing bowling at a disco— georgia
- I was told that if your ever swore in church, as you walked out God would strike you with a bolt of lightning.— Lou
- I used to think that thunder was god bowling. My sister told me that.— Eli