When I was very young, I thought that the sound of thunder came from God driving on the tops of the clouds. I still have a mental image of the classic bearded and robed God at the controls of a Model T, bouncing on the puffy cloud tops.
A childhood belief about thunder and lightning
others believed things like this
- When I was little, I used to believe that the tops of trees touched the sky.Anon
- I was told as a child that the sound of thunder was from angels bowling in the clouds.— Patty, NY
- I was convinced that hot air sinks. Why else are mountain tops cold, and Death Vally is so hot?— Not-my-wife
- I used to believe that sonic booms were huge explosions that only occured at the very tops of mountains.— Jessica Tinch
- I used to believe that it wasn't wind that made the tops of trees move.. It was dinosaurs.— H
- When I was little, I thought that big puffy clouds in the sky were actually mashed potatoes.Anon