Doogie Sandtiger claimed the Guiness World Record for the world’s largest Crocs collection in Nov. 2024, but he couldn’t tell anyone until last week.

“To me, it's so healing,” said Sandtiger. “I missed out on so much of my life and it's like I'm rewriting my life now as an adult and reliving what kid me couldn’t.”

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Sandtiger grew up in the foster care system in Connecticut and now works for the Connecticut Department of Children and Families. He says he didn’t know how to tie his shoes and at 16-years-old, he thought he was too old to ask an adult for help so he wore slip-ons.

During a walk in his neighborhood, he saw a woman wearing lavender Crocs.

“I didn't really know anything about them other than that everyone

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