My father used to tell me that lightning was attracted to noise, so I should be quite when there was a storm.
I think he just wanted me to shut up.
A childhood belief about thunder and lightning
others believed things like this
- When I was a child, I used to believe that when there was a storm it was because God was angry.— Raul
- I thought that a "sugar daddy" was a father who let his kids eat all the sugar they wanted.Anon
- When I was younger, I believed that squinting in a storm would make you cross-eyed... forever.Anon
- I used to believe electricity came from lightning.Anon
- I used to believe that people could fly during thunder and lightning, because I dreamt this once— Minimania
- I knew lightning could come in through my bedroom window and kill me.
— Cyn