For a very long time when I was younger, I was terribly afraid of thunder storms because I thought that thunder was the sound of the barrier between earth and hell being broken and that lightening was the spark of that barrier being broken. I thought I had to sit quietly and pray during thunder storms so that the creatures from hell that escaped through the broken barriers won't come and get me.
A childhood belief about thunder and lightning
others believed things like this
- I always thought thunder was the sound of the crumbling buildings, after lightning had struck them.Anon
- When I was a little girl I used to believe cats were broken because of their moter sound when they purr— Shaune F.
- I used to believe thunder was the sound of God rearranging his furniture.Anon
- I was told as a child that the sound of thunder was from angels bowling in the clouds.— Patty, NY
- When i was younger i thaught that thunder came when two skies crashed and the ligthning was sparks— Rickard
- when i was younger i thought ac/dc's dirty deeds (done dirt cheap), was dirty knees and the thunder cheeks.— S