When I was little, my mom told me thunder was the sound of the clouds bumping heads. Every time thunder struck, I'd say "Ow, Mommy! Those poor clouds are gonna have migrates!"
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
- I always thought thunder was the sound of the crumbling buildings, after lightning had struck them.Anon
- 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
- I used to believe thunder was the sound of God rearranging his furniture.Anon
- I used to believe that when it would be raining the white clouds lost to the dark clouds.— janet