My friend once told me that thunder was the angels in heaven bowling ang lightning happened when they got a strike. I believed her for years.
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 Grama always told me that thunder was just God bowling and the lightning was when he got a strike!— Kim
- I was told as a child that the sound of thunder was from angels bowling in the clouds.— Patty, NY
- My grandmother used to tell me that thunder was the angels bowling.— laf
- i used to believe that when there was thunder and lightning god was playing bowling at a disco— georgia
- I think lightning and thunder is caused by angels throwing temper tantrums Anon