Kids have great shoes on power lines theories
Pat Cashman of the King County Journal took a shot at getting to the bottom of the shoes on power lines mystery by quizzing neighborhood kids in exchange for Mountain Dew and Pop Tarts:
kingcountyjournal.com - The mystery of the hanging tennis shoes: “
* “My dad says that Nordstrom puts them there so people will think about buying shoes.”
* “When shoes are really, really smelly — the angels put them up there so they can air out for awhile.”
* “People hang the shoes on the telephone wires so that birds can see the wires better and won’t fly into them and get shocked.”
* “Crooks throw them there to get the police mad.”
* “Some guys are just too lazy to put their old shoes in the garbage.”
* “My brother threw his shoes up there so the dog doo would wear off.”
* One kid, Justin, had this notion: “They’re all that’s left of skydivers. If you could get those shoes down, you’d find that the feet are still in there too.” Justin’s parents are worried about him.”
Lots of interesting theories, including divine intervention.
Do you have kids? Ask them why they think shoes hang from power lines and share it with us!
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