My parents told me during thunderstorms that all the noise was Fred Flintstone bowling. It always made me feel better!
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 gran tod me that rabbits made a noise that went "map map"— Lise
- I used to think that the wind that made a howling noise was a ghost.— Febi
- I used to think that thunder was god bowling. My sister told me that.— Eli
- I used to believe that the sound of crickets at night was the noise the stars made when they sparkled. — Jane
- I used to think that the word blurb was a noise that people made when being sick. Bluuuggghhh.— Natasha