My mother always told me that thunder came from clouds colliding with each other.
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 think thunder is the clouds fighting and bashing eachother and lightning is fire balls from the sun.— Crazy Cowgirl MADI
- my cousin uded to belive that hiccups were caused by the food in your stomach colliding.— Christine
- I used to think that thunder was god bowling. My sister told me that.— Eli
- I used to believe that when it would be raining the white clouds lost to the dark clouds.— janet