When I was little my dad told me when ever it thundered it was my Grandma bowling a strike.
A childhood belief about thunder and lightning

others believed things like this
- My Grama always told me that thunder was just God bowling and the lightning was when he got a strike!— Kim
- I used to believe that thunder happened when God was bowling. Lightning meant he made a strike!Anon
- I was told as a kid that when it thundered, God was playing basket ball. LOL! — Tony
- I was told that if your ever swore in church, as you walked out God would strike you with a bolt of lightning.— Lou
- 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.