The (mostly) true story of hobo graffiti

[@hsryu5569]

The one rule of the Hobo code is that you do not talk about the Hobo code

[@David-kd4qr]

What code? Your comment is clearly just random words...

[@judebruwuh7030]

David the fight club reference

[@Backyardmech1]

Second rule is YOU DO NOT TALK ABOUT THE HOBO CODE

[@Maaaattologyyyy]

the dudes not a hobo

[@cornholejackson225]

You might see it as a reference. Others might see it as a crude fusion of the content of the video and the movie fight club. A completely unoriginal joke.

[@thompkins6796]

My great-grandmother's house was definitely marked. She would make biscuits and gravy for any hobo or drifter that knocked on her door but she never advertised that so her house had to be marked.

[@ambieee.9185]

William Fisher That was so sweet of her

[@jeep1027]

Thats super cool!

[@thegothamcityqueen]

or the hobos talked to each other?

[@perpetuated]

pics or itz not trve! show us some eazy-bake selfies!

[@rds978]

My mother tells me my great-grandmother used to feed hobos as well. According to her it was because my great-grandfather had to ride the rails for a time after he got back from WWI. My mom was a child at the time and she asked one of them how they knew to come to their house for food. He specifically told her there were markings down by the tracks saying food was available at their house.

[@user-gh8wt2zi2n]

Hobos and Hobo culture still excist even today. Back in the 90s I even hopped a few freight trains with some.

[@holoholopainen1627]

Where Did You go ?

[@user-cp3tv1lp2g]

I've looked into it, it's almost a dead art. Union Pacific now has X Ray scanners, heat sensors, and so many bulls in the railyard it's almost a death sentence

[@brittneybrisbin744]

What was train hopping like? I know people that want to do it.

[@cate01a]

@@brittneybrisbin744 Search for people doing it on youtube

[@TonyGilbert1]

@@user-cp3tv1lp2g no it's not bulls can't legally touch you now if they do there liable we are still here and as for the scaners we already beat them

[@uss_04]

I saw some graffiti in a city in Socal with the USB and Wifi symbol. Started looking for a hotspot.

[@TheSChannel]

And, did it work? :D

[@mattthomas4026]

update?

[@redlaserfox3988]

Go on....

[@christianacuna4825]

History repeats itself

[@ihitonmilfs]

Teach me your ways head hobo!

[@oddless1972]

I thought the title said hobo giraffe, I’m disappointed

[@cheesecakelasagna]

my kind of people

[@jediyarahim-danford7592]

Great idea for a children's book

[@doshwhop]

I read the title correct and was satisfied that the accompanying video was both engaging and relevant with regard to said title... But after reading this comment I am now also disappointed and saddened by the lack of a hobo giraffe.

[@mackenzieevelynn6479]

on this video i got TWO ads for the skittles giraffe so apparently the bots thought so too

[@ShapeGillis]

"..woah.. You got her too."

[@user-gh8wt2zi2n]

I think you should have a least mentioned other forms of Hobo art, like one of my favorites, Hobo nickles. It's basically a nickel or other coin that's been carved to have a new image, often depicting a hobo or a hobo scene.

[@sarahevan1830]

Maybe because it's illegal? I guess this is also though

[@TheSnoopindaweb]

​Sarah Evan, 🤨🤔I was interested in cutting the backgrounds from coins so I called the U.S. Treasury direct and was told "As long as the money was rendered unspendable it would not be an offense by law" ‼ Yup❗😃 G-G.

[@echooom]

half an hour from my house there is graffiti that says " I found a bottle of spray paint"

[@shmik17]

I wonder what it means

[@kevinm.p9989]

Half an hour......?

[@kevinm.p9989]

@@shmik17 means some kid doesn't know the difference between a bottle and a can...

[@thebigguy2757]

@@kevinm.p9989 some people measure distance by how long it takes to get there by various modes of transportation, usually by car.

[@echooom]

@ thanks for noticing, I fixed it

[@PierceArner]

Incidentally, I now _also_ have a better understanding of the intention of the title, *"Lady and the Tramp"* than I did before watching this video.

[@princediop8190]

Pierce Arner ikr

[@Gottacacheemalll]

Me too

[@deadpirateroberts9937]

*"Thieves guild shadowmarks explained"*

[@nomoremlp8594]

ah was looking for this comment

[@eoinpeacock6300]

The Senate beat me to it

[@azdobrosavljevic4024]

Omg

[@vanguard616]

Nice

[@nothingissacrosanct]

was searching for this comment

[@SeaBassVEVO]

"Peak Hobodom"... I like that term

[@20yearsago88]

"Peak Homodom"

[@quester09]

goals

[@BrennanMorris]

So if femdom is wanting to be dominated by a female. Wisdom is wanting to be dominated by a wizard so hobodom.....

[@briangarrow448]

Those markings were real. My father told me about how his brothers rode trains across the country after WW1. And they had a system of signals along with the use of rocks and sticks to pass information.

[@blackberry8615]

that cool

[@sorzin2289]

I guess we all want to be remembered

[@hannguyen8426]

This is a wholesome comment, short but true.

[@TheSurlax]

This is one of my most favourite channel, you get to learn so much stuff you will never need in your life and yet still wont feel like you are wasting your time watching their videos instead of studying or working. And they are great at explaining complicated things in a simple way, especially visualy

[@RobotronSage]

Ok Bot

[@LordofBroccoli]

Ah, The Hobo Code. One of my favorite episodes of Mad Men.

[@angelgjr1999]

Marc Shanahan is it a good show?

[@LordofBroccoli]

Angel Gutierrez It's a very slow and methodical show. You have to stick with it for some time to see the threads of psychological dilemma that are brilliantly woven into the characters. I like it a lot, but I wouldn't call it a binge-show like Breaking Bad or Mr. Robot. It's closer to something like The Wire in terms of pacing.

[@micklemore]

Angel Gutierrez in short yes, it is a very good show

[@jeanblack1250]

Marc Shanahan perfect description.

[@afonsolucas2219]

Marc Shanahan I don't know what you mean. I binged it... like a lot! Every episode is a step forward or backwards to the characters, but seen togheter you can really see what they've been dealing with this season and everything togheter shows a larger picture of an evolution.

[@gracorossanigo4853]

Sorry Vox for being too perfectionist, in the minute 0:16 you show the photo of a Rock, that Rock is called "La Piedra Movediza" or "The Moving Stone" it's In Tandil, not in Buenos Aires, I just say it because I live there and I'm HYPED!

[@notfound-dd4cv]

...Tandil is in Buenos Aires tho

[@gracorossanigo4853]

Yes, it is located in the province of Bs.As, but is in the city of Tandil, it is just a little thing that ticked me since I feel a connection with that place.

[@nickcharles6530]

If you want to hear more about this lifestyle, I highly recommend “You Can’t Win” by a drifter/cat-burglar named Jack Black who died in the 1930’s. It’s a book that I regularly give as a gift to people. Also, they called their personalized symbol a “Moniger”; not Moniker. That’s one thing I learned from the book.

[@joshuaskippintown6891]

One of my favorite books!

[@brunow.4939]

0:27 You can’t call this a Tag this is a throw up or piece (however you define Pieces)

[@angelique5438]

Someone at vox surfs reddit

[@Sigmav0]

True :')

[@PBDNR]

I wouldn't be surprised if most of them do. It's a popular website, and useful for ideas.

[@DrRiq]

they kinda have to..

[@BenoitTravers]

Which subreddit would that be in particular?

[@angelique5438]

Benoit Travers last weekish (can't remember exactly when though) in r/RBI they were investigating some graffiti outside a flat that was recently robbed and this topic came up

[@bernard7057]

2:02 Hobo: draws duck Also hobo: this means free telephone

[@boch2411]

messenger dove?

[@baardkopperud]

I would've thought "here lives a bad doctor"...

[@jakartagamer6188]

the hoboes are smarter than the guys who can use the typewriter

[@thomashughes_teh]

Hitchhiking in southern Texas in 1980 I saw the tag at @5:08 top right page sombrero siesta man with palm. It was undated and signed "H.B." and the palm was shorter and the man larger and overall more square than tall it was chalked over and over again on every car of a sided train . It went on for about 80 cars always on the same place on every car. I was still seeing those on passing trains in the Midwest 11 years later.

[@UMMACKAY]

Herby!

[@CaDzA818]

kilRoy was here

[@lyne3640]

I was here to, buddy

[@wacknesium]

.

[@mainaccount4948]

Always great coverage vox

[@protien1199]

There is a direct connection, writers such as ich, link, halt, and agree use this style

[@aditawks]

Awesome Video Vox Team.

[@curtiscarpenter9881]

This intrigues me. I remember this from mad men and don drapers childhood.

[@thelasonj]

Fascinating! Thank you for posting this!!

[@ResanChea]

Did the hobo graffiti inspire the house markings for thiefs for Skyrim?

[@HoboRoadrunner]

Us hobos are still here we still use the old codes .

[@jasmineangie4652]

The Texas roadrunner /hobo roadrunner That’s interesting to know. Do you guys use the same symbols that they used in the early 1900s?

[@silence.speaks7000]

this is one reason i love graffiti, it isnt hurting anyone. even the freight workers did it

[@Shantari]

I remember an old comic book that had this as a plot. The protagonist (think he might have been an antropomorphic pigeon) saw a hobo leave a mark on the gatepost to his girlfriend's house. He got angry that his girlfriend was putting herself in danger by inviting strangers over for food, so he decided to "teach her a lesson" by dressing up and attacking her. But her shouts for help were heard by the first hobo who got there and knocked him down for hassling the nice lady. It was the only comic I ever read with that specific character so I still don't know if we were meant to sympathize with him or not.

[@ridindirtyface]

This is awesome, and Bill is so well spoken.

[@GoTFCanada1230]

OMG I've seen these hobo signs when I played "Secret of the Old Clock" from Nancy Drew. I've always wondered what this was used for!

[@johnnybadboy3475]

I went to the national cryptology museum and they had a brief description of this. This is interesting and more detailed.

[@villiantwo]

you should buy the full movie "who is bozo texino" its excellent.. i have a wife and kid, but it makes me just want to ride the rails. sure its a lot tougher these days though

[@burntmarshwigglestudio597]

The Massillon Museum (aka MassMu) in Massillon Ohio did a comprehensive exhibit of hobo tagging called "Moniker" last year. They tracked down a lot of the actual taggers or their families and had samples of their tags made by the artists and placed in the archives of the museum

[@dorseyann2611]

My grandfather was a hobo in the early 1900s.

[@lilith4961]

There still people who hop on trains and live as nomads. My special other use to also sort of live on the street and knew train hoppers, a lot of crust punk folks

[@SomeRandomG33k]

Now I want to play Jet Set Radio Future.

[@MickeyKnox]

Like a Hobo I was born, to walk alone ...

[@grumpydusty]

Going down the only road I've ever known!

[@aashishpokharel007]

:D :D

[@gorgeousgeorge187]

MickeyKnox, when u walk, through a storm, keep your head up high. Walk on, walk on With hope in your heart And you'll never walk alone You'll never walk alone

[@HB-wl8id]

on the lonely road of the boulevard of broken dream

[@aaidren]

MickeyKnox very cool, Mickey. 🤘🏽

[@jonathanpalumbo3037]

I discovered Hobo Sign just under 1 year ago and have been studying it every chance I get! Great summary!

[@renatacantore-gross8842]

I really enjoyed this fascinating documentary. I remembered this from MAD MEN. More, please.

[@diegoemilianocarrionortiz2131]

I remember this from an episode of Mad Men.

[@Neontronique]

Great article. Thank you Vox.

[@joshuahillner4985]

Some Railroad car man also draw these tags when they repair rail cars

[@JustinY.]

*POLITICALLY ENRAGED COMMENT*

[@johnpatrickabergos2264]

Sup Justin.

[@xoShiningKrystlexo]

You are legit omnipresent! I see you everywhere

[@rodigoduterte9192]

Justin Y. How did you fund your life? Using ur parents money?

[@renrid3054]

REEEEEE

[@tabitha8232]

Justin Y. Sup Justin

[@69Napalm69]

There’s examples of this is swedish culture, for example “Rasmus på luffen” they mark the house’s fence with a sign that means the house is either nice or not

[@marlonmoncrieffe0728]

This reminds me of that early episode of 'Mad Men' where we see a young Don encounter a hobo played by Paul Schulze.

[@daisylazy5326]

Hobo life seems pretty cool

[@CANControlGRAFFITI]

Rail workers also would just write information right on the old boxcars, you still see it from time to time.

[@snack4458]

If you have never watched “Who Is Bozo Texino?”. You are missing out, one of the most interesting documentaries I ever saw. About the true heart of America and the dreams of a small few, unheard men.

[@cheesecakelasagna]

Okay, somebody has to make a hobo app now.

[@gadblatz4841]

I've met US scout aka John, the guy who did the moniker at 0:28 several times. I always try and give him a markal and a beer if I see him around the yard.

[@ladypilliwick8179]

4:58. 5:07 I worked for Santa Fe and lived in a Pullman coach in the yards. He'd show up every so often and we'd have dinner and coffee.

[@DjMinkusfs]

7 seconds in the location is at Gladstone and Queen, Toronto. For as U.S. centric I was surprised to see this show up in the stock footage. The shot even manages to capture the UP Express train.

[@jpmnky]

Anybody else checking this out because of that Mad Men episode?

[@TerryTurner]

My great grandma used to feed and house hobos who was looking for work in my city long ago. She was just being a good Christian, helping others in need. 😊

[@silliest-yt]

*I was here*

[@dripminic]

Hey 0:08 is from Toronto! There’s illegal graffiti all around the place, but I guess everyone is respectful enough to keep off of the art

[@PeriwinkleFilms]

When I was really little, I thought all graffiti was done by hobos to communicate with one another. So it's cool to know that it was indeed a thing.

[@realbr1koo]

Graffiti writers are also communicating with each other. Its a kind of message through the piece, which could only understand another writer. The message itself isnt actually a real message, but a projection, like if i see another dudes piece i imagine how he got there, the situation from the lines, how much time he spent there and which tools he had, and maybe even what he was thinking. A normal person would only think about the look and the style of it, but someone who is doing it can feel and relate to someone elses drawing. Some 7 years ago i was seeing in my hometown stencil drawings which was saying:ART AREA. It was painted in the town everywhere where graffiti writers were active, and i loved it, i smiled every time ive seen this stencil. I told this to my friend, who was doing stuff like me too and she just smiled and said: yeah those are my sprayings. That moment was absolutely chatartic. For me graffiti is mainly not art because of the details or the proffessionalism, but the kind of secret binding it can create between people, who dont even know each other personally, but in a way they are still family.

[@minorcek]

Whenever someone sees a write, that might be on a bag I'm carrying, they ask "you write?". Since 07, and then we just smile and silently enjoy that connection

[@RobotronSage]

Graffiti as a form of written speech is essentially protected by constitutional law. It's a shame that the ''authorities'' do not see graffiti as a form of communication. I call this corruption. We have a right to freedom of speech! It's literally an ENSHRINED RIGHT.

[@MarcoLanzoniLarra]

0:14 That's the "piedra movediza" in the city of Tandil (province of Buenos Aires) not Buenos Aires city.

[@jeremyedwards8587]

As a Graff writer this bit of history was wonderful information I appreciate it

[@thevioletskull8158]

Some person: Graffiti has NO thought to it! Me:

[@ignaciojauregui2057]

0:15 that is in fact in Tandil in the province of Buenos Aires, not the city of Buenos Aires.

[@Philo-z2m]

If they published books with the meaning of the symbols, wouldn't that help the police catch them ? Just wondering. . .

[@chookadee5242]

Sona maybe they made it up or stayed the opposite meanings/ different meanings to confuse them. Furthermore, if people began drawing ‘ no good ‘ signs from what they’d seen in the paper, it might’ve given them the illusion that hobos would just supposedly not be in those places

[@KingDayDayDay00]

Sona nope

[@AdderallPopsicle]

in the video they say this lore about hobo codes was probably flourished (maybe even completely fabricated?) but even regardless of that if you're living on the street you still probably have a lot of know how about stealthiness and being in hiding. a symbol that lets you know that theres resources doesn't mean you're just going to flock to it and chill there, or you'd risk exposing it

[@themurderofcoke]

Any traveler can tell you it definitely isnt made up. Almost certainly embellished, but even briefly travelling ive seen symbols and im glad I followed them. Some have evolved to be more clear to anyone, like an arrow with an X and a police hat - unfriendly police. X over waves was beside a weir and on an old dirty well in the middle of nowhere screamed DONT DRINK/SWIM. With hobo culture barely existing anymore and even travelling culture being rare, the symbols are much less rare, but follow a train line for a while and youll see some. Look outside train yard out of town, youll almost always see an unfriendly bull symbol of some kind. Bull horns under an X outside of a train yard tells me "Bad bull here" which means don't hop from here. IDK if it was an old unwashed symbol or what but I found a barn omw back to town with a fairly large symbol (like no way the owners never saw it big) pointing towards the hayloft being okay to sleep in. Was never bothered, didnt see anyone and went on my way the next morning, so idk if that was an intentional thing left there because they were just past the last yard before reaching town and not far from the tracks. IDK how much of the older symbols are used though, because we have more than chalk now and less hobos to communicate with, thres gonna be less symbols and they are going to change over time.

[@fivemeomedia]

being a hobo wasnt seen as something so illegal back then it was just the way of life back then

[@DestroyAllLinesOne]

best video vox ever created

[@jtg_edc]

Just awesome. Thanks again Vox.

[@alwayssomewhattired]

I want to tag now

[@coryslaven4040]

Emporer of the North is the best hobo movie

[@jamesage24]

Best train footage ever put on film.

[@haqimdanial]

Under the Silver Lake brought me here. Love that film!

[@killsalive1]

03:14----Tex-King of Tramps- was all up and down The Milwaukee Road. The story I was told was every year the hobos/ tramps would elect a new king. Tex obviously won it that year.

[@DavidsKanal]

Love the quality and feel!

[@francoeurtim]

You know it's a good video when it cuts from colorful modern-day footage to swelling music and a Vox logo over black-and-white footage of industry.

[@graffmonstersp]

Best graff doc ever these guys went all city

[@Agostoic]

The good old drifter days, great vid!

[@Stonehawk]

Hieroglyphics: As deeply embedded as our nature itself. And still useful.

[@haikuheroism6495]

What is fascinating about this sort of thing is that you can still find similar ideas online. For instance, on the minecraft server 2b2t, it is common place for people to leave signs with their name and the date.

[@DonutxHole]

This is cool and all but why not go into modern monikers? There's so many people still riding trains that have monikers right now. Butr Belt, Poorboy, Camps, Owlball, Lamps, xHappyx, Humen, Freight Bandit, Clawhamr, the list goes on.

[@towaii]

2:34 there's a business in my hometown called Wilson Trailer Company whose logo looks exactly like logo 21 but with a C at the bottom. i wonder if that's on purpose

[@nakenmil]

The idea of "leaking" misleading information to the outside reminds me of some Romani (Gypsy) stuff that's allegedly the same. Ideas of grand gatherings to elect "Gypsy Kings" for example are probably largely made up to spur the mystery and fascination of outsiders.

[@boch2411]

Idk. every gypsie family here in northern countries have a king and a queen. ive had a few gypsy associates and heard a bit about their culture.

[@dr.ligmahnutts2993]

Interesting, might change up some of my graffiti with some hobo symbols now.

[@AgentOrangeeeee]

1 UP what u write

[@doomfistmain2141]

I think the hoboes expose a decoy code

[@georges5233]

This is soooo cool! I really want to see those books

[@patmcnamara9081]

I actually knew a “retired hobo” at some point during his hobo career he decided to get a job! There was a standardize type of symbols/writing. But it tended to be known within groups that knew each other from job site to job site and eventually they would go their separate ways but they would have their own symbols/writing. And if they should see in their travels assemble and they knew it it be the equivalent of seeing someone you know on the street.

[@darrellenglish6283]

Liked seeing my Home Town of North Adams,Massachusetts getting into the mix

[@donb2527]

Amazing, I used to do graffiti as a kid I never knew it originated from bums writing their name all the way back in 1900 or earlier, thought it started around 1970’s or so

[@truepeacenik]

Graffiti goes back before the written word. Cave art in Europe, petroglyphs in the Americas, Uluru, cave art in Gabon, Algeria and across the African continent.

[@F_lippy]

There's a fun comic by the name of Rock Candy Mountain that revolves around the noble hobos in the late 19th century to early twentieth.

[@justinpipes85]

Pip IV Big Rock Candy Mountain is a song also.

[@cheesecakelasagna]

Pip IV commented for future ref! also where is your profile pic from?

[@kevinm.p9989]

Listen to train hop story rag by black death Allstars

[@CarrowMind]

This is what gave Tolkien the idea for the "thief rune" Gandalf etched on Bilbo's door so that the Dwarves would know where to knock in "The Hobbit".

[@jessymontoya3547]

My favorite band Circa Survive uses the hobo code for "safe camp" as their logo. It was the first time I ever came across hobo graffiti/language. Coming from The Bronx and seeing the parallels between the graffiti I grew up seeing and they origins or hobo communications is really cool . Thanks for sharing and I'll go by "Bronx Kidd Jessy" now I guess lol

[@cheesecakelasagna]

I think the name comes first then the signifier/moniker?

[@jessymontoya3547]

ahhh, I figured I might've gotten that wrong lol. My name also got auto corrected but good to know thx

[@cheesecakelasagna]

Jessy Montoya it's cool that you have already come up with your hobo name, I'm still thinking about mine.

[@SocialistDistancing]

My grandmother father was a hobo of sorts. In the 30s when there was no work. He road the trains summer and winter to wherever work was. They road on top of the box cars and in between to stay out of the wind in winter. He'd be gone for months. He left my grandmother with 5 kids to get work. They ate pigeons and my mother's doll was a stick wrapped in a blanket. They built play houses out of tumbleweeds. They got an orange for Christmas and that was a big deal. My mother and her siblings would watch the trains come through town looking for their dad, hoping that he was coming home. When he did finally come home, my grandmother was in a mental institution because she had a nervous breakdown and all the kids were fostered out to other homes. He never talked about it much and I was too ignorant to ask about it. He went on to join the Canadian light horse infantry in WW2. After the war he worked for the CPR for a short time and then went to CNR to which he retired there. His last posting was a section man and lived in a one horse town in the old train station. When he retired and moved to the city in 1970, they tore down the station. I have fond memories of staying there for a week at a time. I've only found one picture online. My uncle would also ride the trains and he would ride down by the wheels. The one drawing in the video reminded me of that. He said that if there was ever a wreck, he'd been killed. There's still hobos out there. I met some in Minot ND a couple years back. Except I suspect that their motives for riding the rails is very different. And they smelled like they needed a shower and a change of clothes.

[@wrarmatei]

" A.NO.1 " would coincidentally be a great graff name.

[@kevinnines6924]

that was the perfect way to end it and why I love painting or marking cutty spots "woah you got here too"

[@renonhunter4583]

-Hobo? What's hobo? -This one.

[@CaliBreeeze]

As a fellow graffiti artist I was always intrigued by the hobo oil marker drawings next to the pieces I would paint on box cars

[@skillyfully]

So... essentially Dark Soul's Soul Signs? "BEWARE, HUGE CHEST AHEAD"

[@IglooCrafter1]

i really want someone to make a movie about hobos

[@adriennes6007]

Gonna be honest, I clicked because I learned of the existence of hobo code from an American Girl movie when I was 12

[@Ravenofthedog]

I once saw a scribble on a bathroom stall that said ; “ please keep this stall nice. I live here.” With a stick figure underneath.

[@hunterhanlon8803]

My grandpa told me a story that her grandma told her. She said that there was a planter made out of a tire that was painted white with a marker on it. My grandma‘s grandma always gave the hobos food!

[@SuperGreatSphinx]

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[@Yourdad6996-v2]

That title is funny because all of there content is JUST mostly true😂