He was making the scarecrow one day (August 17th 1842) and the sound of thunder boomed then a flash of lightning appeared in front of him. Fortunately, there was no fire just lightning occasionally and frequent thunder. He thought it was Zeus trying to warn him (he prayed to Greek Gods) about something, Colonel (The farmer), just shrugged it off as nothing and continued to build the scarecrow
It was getting late and he was still on with the Scarecrow so he decided to go in the house for the rest of the night
