This ‘Atlantic’ video crowdsources answers to the question we’ve all been wondering about? What are those shoes doing up there on those wires?
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You see them everywhere. What do they mean? Urban legends abound.
Did a boy just lose his virginity?
Did a bully just strip a victim of his shoes?
Are there drug dealers in the neighborhood?
Do they mark gang turf?
They’ve even been nicknamed “shoefiti.”
Sources from around the world answered The Atlantic‘s call to solve the mystery of flying kicks.
Photo—The Atlantic Video