To me, an 'earthquake' was a giant round stone, like a millstone or the big round stone in front of a Biblical grave. The 'earthquake' rolled on things and destroyed them.
A childhood belief about disasters
others believed things like this
- I used to believe that every single slightly round stone r pebble was a fossilised dinosaur egg.— Dino Hunter
- for the longest time every i used to think that Prince's "Raspberry Barret" said "round merry go round"— lin
- I used to believe that when there was an earthquake, rocks would fall from the sky.— Nai
- I used to believe that if you didn't eat your crust on the bread, there would be an earthquake.Anon
- when i was 4 i thought an earthquake was an earth cake!— chardog
- When i was young, i used to believe that when i ate a stone, a tree would grow in my stomach— -yacine-91-