My Grama always told me that thunder was just God bowling and the lightning was when he got a strike!
A childhood belief about thunder and lightning

you weren't the only one
71 of you believed this
- i used to believe that when there was thunder and lightning god was playing bowling at a disco— georgia
- I used to belive that god was bolwing and every time thunder hit god got a stike— Greyhound
- I used to think that thunder was god bowling. My sister told me that.— Eli
- Thunder was my dead uncle in heaven playing a round of bowling with God.— Mike
- I was told as a child that the sound of thunder was from angels bowling in the clouds.— Patty, NY
- whenever it was lightning out, my dad would tell me that God was bowling up in heaven. Anon