A Connecticut man known as the “Croc King” earned a Guinness World Record when his collection of Crocs was tallied at 3,569 pairs — but he said that number is already out of date.
Doogie Sandtiger said his fondness for the footwear began at the age of 16, due to his childhood in foster care leaving him without the knowledge of how to tie his shoes.
“Part of the foster care system that people don’t realize is, there’s a lot of things that kids don’t get taught or miss along the way,” Sandtiger told WTNH-TV.
Sandtiger said he made a list of goals in his journal when he was a teenager, and that’s how he started collecting.
“I called it my goals list, and for whatever reason, I put 366 pairs of Crocs — that was the original goal,” Sandtiger said.
He started to seek a Guinness World Record for his collection in 2023, when his collection surpassed 2,000 pairs.
He was finally awarded the title for the largest collection of Crocs when his collection was tallied at 3,569 pairs — but the number has continued to grow since that count was performed in November 2024.
Sandtiger said his collection surpassed 3,800 this month.
The footwear aficionado said he hopes to eventually show off his collection by opening a “Crocseum.”
