why do some people throw shoes on telephone wires?

Question

ive heard it was a gang thing and also a drug house could be near it. do you know why this happens for real?
no guessing

Answer 1

Stephen King's "Hearts in Atlantis" he tells you what it means.

Answer 2

It is kinda like leaving your mark on a place. Like saying goodbye and leaving a piece of yourself. It has been going on for a very longtime and had nothing (originally) to do with gangs or drug houses. They may have adopted that but they didn't come up with it.

Answer 3

i don't know about the gang or drug thing. but it is done in the Army on base. i really don't know why but i think its done before someone goes over seas. or the unit of the new guy, they throw his boots up there .when driving on base you will see boots hanging on the lines All over.

just had to add i know that in the Army it is not a sad thing..... more like a silly joke to play on the new guy..... but its not for death or anything like that.

Answer 4

I was told that it was bc someone had died there and it was a pair of their shoes so everyone could remember them. and i also heard that it is a gang thing. so

Answer 5

I thought it was for a gang member who was killed in a drive by.

Answer 6

as they are the one who thinks that throughing shoes on phone wire means they are waiting for a special call.

Answer 7

I dont know but I saw a pair on the way home yesterday. STRANGE

Answer 8

Because they stay there almost forever. It's a memory time capsule. When you get older it's likely gonna be there.

Answer 9

i thought the reason was because people wanted to brag about it when they drove by

Answer 10

they are stupid