When I was little I was very frightened of thunder - even if it was far away. To stop me being frightened my Mum used to reasure me that any noises that I heard were only Concord.
I only realised this a few years ago (I'm 30!!) when I realised Concord really couldn't fly over us so many times!
A childhood belief about thunder and lightning

others believed things like this
- I used to think that 7-Up was called "Zup" until I realised the "Z" was actually a Seven!— Vic
- i used to think that franch was actually swearing !!!! until i realised it was just like english lol :PAnon
- i used to believe that stars really were star shaped, i realised at the age of 34 how wrong i was.Anon
- I used to believe in ghosts because I always heard noises comming from the cellar.— Sabrina
- Yesterday I realised that invisible ink doesn`t make me invisible.— Jonathan Eleven years old
- I used to think thunder sounds were called "Boombies" and I would say
"Boombies!" if I heard lightning.— James the Great