My mother told me that thunder was the sound of the giants bowling. If you listen, you can see why I fell for that one.
A childhood belief about thunder and lightning

others believed things like this
- I was told as a child that the sound of thunder was from angels bowling in the clouds.— Patty, NY
- My mother told me when I was young that thunder was from God bowling!— K.G.
- I used to think that thunder was god bowling. My sister told me that.— Eli
- My Grama always told me that thunder was just God bowling and the lightning was when he got a strike!— Kim
- My grandmother used to tell me that thunder was the angels bowling.— laf
- i used to believe that when there was thunder and lightning god was playing bowling at a disco— georgia