When I was about 5 or 6 my friend told me that if the weatherman said that there was a tornado, you had to be extra quiet because if you talk too loudly, the tornado would hear you and come after you and suck you up into the clouds. The only way to protect yourself was to fight the tornado (yes, punching and kicking) off and hope you win and scare it away.
We were what you call "special."
A childhood belief about disasters
others believed things like this
- When i was little i used to believe that i could suck up a tornado in a vaccuum if it came in my house.Anon
- I used to believe that when there was a tornado watch, you were supposed to sit down and watch the tornado.— Kay
- I used to be very fascinated by the weather and sometimes wished I could have a tornado for a best friend.— Will
- I used to think if a tornado sucked up a poisonous mushroom, it would die.— Will
- When I was a kid I thought that when tornado/twisters were what happened when God sneezed.— Not In Kansas Anymore
- I used to believe a tornado was a omato flying around and wondered why people were afraid of them.Anon