A phrase originated from the deep south of the United States (Alabama, Mississippi). The phrase is typically used to point out a human action behind an otherwise unexplained, often unusual, phenomenon.
" Someone must have driven that car all the way up that steep cliff, even if seems impossible. Dead dog on a fence don't get there by itself, right?"
A Shackteau is a humble, weather-beaten, structurally questionable shelter located in a spectacular or highly coveted place—Wales, Jackson Hole, Sun Valley, Crested Butte, coastal Maine, the Alps—where the building itself may be worth almost nothing, but the dirt, view, access, and mythology make it absurdly valuable.
In use:
Shackteâu - We thought it was an abandoned shed until the realtor called it a rare alpine Shackteâu with unobstructed views and listed it for $2million.