Thunder were the angels bowling and lighting is when they made a stike.
A childhood belief about thunder and lightning

others believed things like this
- My grandmother used to tell me that thunder was the angels bowling.— laf
- I was told as a child that the sound of thunder was from angels bowling in the clouds.— Patty, NY
- I used to belive that god was bolwing and every time thunder hit god got a stike— Greyhound
- I used to believe that thunder happened when God was bowling. Lightning meant he made a strike!Anon
- I used to think that thunder was god bowling. My sister told me that.— Eli
- My mother told me when I was young that thunder was from God bowling!— K.G.