Doogie Lish Sandtiger's love affair with Crocs started because he just could not tie his shoelaces properly.
Sandtiger showing a small sample of his 2,077 pairs of Crocs he owns at Elizabeth Park in Hartford, Connecticut. Photo: Aaron Flaum/Hartford Courant/TNS
“I find them all,” Sandtiger said. “I try to wear every single pair. Obviously that’s impossible with me having only two feet.”Sandtiger isn’t alone in seeking out special Crocs beyond the plain ones found in everyday stores. It’s the magnitude that sets him apart from other Croc collectors. Sandtiger wears several pairs of Crocs every day and in that finds not only comfy feet, but also great social/psychological lightning rod.“Anywhere I go, someone might be having a bad day and they’ll look at my Crocs and say, ‘They’re so cool',” he said. “It takes the monotony out of life.”
He got along as a youngster by wearing Velcro clasp sneakers, but that didn’t cut it in high school, so he improvised by stuffing his laces in his shoes.“By 16, I thought, ‘I can’t keep doing this', but I was too embarrassed to reach out,” Sandtiger said.He thought, “They may be ugly, but maybe it will be an acquired taste like coffee.”“I got my first pair and I fell in love – they were comfortable,” he said. “I started wearing them everywhere . They were just cool.
Sandtiger switches out his Crocs for daily activities, wearing different ones for the grocery store, walking the dogs, going to the gym, taking a walk with friends, to work.
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