I used to believe that if you looked directly at a lightning bolt you'd go blind. Not really sure why I thought that, but even now when I see a lightning bolt in the sky I automatically look away.
A childhood belief about thunder and lightning
others believed things like this
- When I was 10 I thought that if you smoked once God would shoot you with a lightning bolt!— tHOMAS
- I was told that if your ever swore in church, as you walked out God would strike you with a bolt of lightning.— Lou
- I always thought thunder was the sound of the crumbling buildings, after lightning had struck them.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