Thunder was the sound of clouds crashing together, and the rain would pour out of the holes in the clouds produced by the crash.
A childhood belief about thunder and lightning

others believed things like this
- I was told as a child that the sound of thunder was from angels bowling in the clouds.— Patty, NY
- My dad thought when he was little, rain was caused by army guys in the clouds with rain guns. — Daughter of the Weird
- I used to believe I could control the weather by singing rain rain go away or blowing the clouds away.— Shannon
- My mother always told me that thunder came from clouds colliding with each other.— Martijn
- I think thunder is the clouds fighting and bashing eachother and lightning is fire balls from the sun.— Crazy Cowgirl MADI
- When i was little i believed that clouds were cotton candy that angels lived in and rain was angel tears— Missy