Can somebody explain where these come from?

I work on a very large college Campus. there are many shoe trees and shoes tangled in the power lines are a daily occurrence.

Duke wrote: And in unrelated news, demonstrating my limited psychic ability yet again, I knew that this thread would be on the topic of single shoes as soon as I saw the title.

I guess this demonstrates my state of mind as well, as I was expecting a picture of a humna infant...

Woody wrote: I've heard that a pair of shoes dangling from the power lines used to be a common marker of a drug dealer's territory.

We just had a bunch of signs and utilty boxes tagged with graffiti. Then they tagged a brick wall on a model home.

Then a newer pair of high tops was hanging on the street sign at the end of the block and I told my wife it was a gang marking and she is now upset.

I always thought the shoe hanging thing was funny as some kid does some simple damage forcing an electrical crew spend a half hour removing the shoes.

Almost as funny as those people that were filling the locks of Starbucks at night with super glue.