I used to believe that a thunderstorm was caused by angels bowling, that it would thunder when one of them got 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
- My grandmother used to tell me that thunder was the angels bowling.— laf
- I was told as a child that the sound of thunder was from angels bowling in the clouds.— Patty, NY
- I think lightning and thunder is caused by angels throwing temper tantrums Anon
- When I was little my dad told me when ever it thundered it was my Grandma bowling a strike.Anon