Although I don\u2019t think the phenomenon is quite as common now as it was when I was a kid, you\u2019ve likely been walking or driving through a neighborhood <\/p>\n
only to see a pair of sneakers tied together by the shoelaces and tossed up on to a power line. I always assumed this was just something neighborhood <\/p>\n
kids did from time to time, but had no idea that there were so many theories about the meaning behind this behavior.<\/p>\n
The first theory takes us all the way back to wartime days when soldiers would apparently toss their boots when they had completed their training or completed their post. <\/p>\n
Maybe this symbolism is where all other theories originated from? Who knows. There\u2019s also a common belief that tossing shoes up on a power line is a way for gangs <\/p>\n
to mark their territory and warn others gangs to stay away. However, this theory has never exactly been proven.<\/p>\n
Many people believe that seeing shoes up on a power line is the result of kids bullying one another. <\/p>\n
I can think of at least two movies where neighborhood bullies have taken a kid\u2019s sneakers and thrown them up on a power line, leaving them shoeless. <\/p>\n
I\u2019d like to think this theory doesn\u2019t hold much weight, but I\u2019m sure there have been a few circumstances over the years where this has unfortunately been the case.<\/p>\n
Perhaps the most common theory out there (and the one that I personally believe in the most) is that people toss their sneakers up on to power lines <\/p>\n
\u201cjust because.\u201d Maybe it seems like a fun thing to do with a pair of old sneakers. And like so many other behaviors, <\/p>\n
people see the first pair flung up there and decide to follow suit. To me, this is a prime of example of just kids being kids.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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