Why do people hang pairs of shoes on telephone lines?

its a sign meaning that illegal substances are sold in the house or apartment closest to it.

Or it could just be a punk kid horsing around

A police officer in San Diego told me that the position of the shoes marks a direction, to what? Drug house? Party, only the people who know shoes know.

imnot sure...its kindof a trick sometimes, the big kids will pick on the little kids....have you seen i think its called big fish? its an older based movie, and the one odd town, no one wears shoes and they all are on the edge of town, hanging on a line that is out of reach....its an awesome movie, see it if you can

If it's the Devil's Night, night before Halloween, it could be some kids playing a Halloween prank. Any other time, just a regular prank I guess.

I heard the same thing...it's the sign that you can buy drugs in the area. Interesting huh? I always wondered the same thing and someone told me a couple of months ago!

A lot of reasons. They can show where a drug house is, they can show where some violence is to take place, or they can just be hung out of the reach of the person they were stolen from.

I heard it means someone killed someone else and then they fling the shoes over the line.

The true answer is >> I marks the particular gangs territory!

Sign that means

Let your fingers do the walking?

Ha, i thought that was funny.

Telephone art.