The collector does not want his identity revealed, for reasons that will become obvious. He prefers to go by his Internet handle: Witesock. He is a 41-year-old engineer. Married, no children. He lives in suburban Toronto. He's an ordinary fellow, but for his secret hobby. He collects and wears used athletic socks.
In 15 years, Witesock has acquired about 800 pairs of sports socks. Soccer, football, rugby, hockey, and so on. About half have graced the sweaty feet of professional athletes: former Toronto Maple Leaf Eric Lindros, for example, and Olindo Mare, the Miami Dolphins kicker.
Witesock's collection includes socks from the entire 1996 New York Jets lineup. And 70 game-worn pairs from the defunct Ottawa Renegades. All that's left of that miserable CFL franchise are the used socks, stuffed in a box in Witesock's basement. He digs them out from time to time.
His wife has no idea, astonishingly. His friends and colleagues? Clueless. Witesock has managed to outwit them all. He has built, on the sly, what can only be described as the world's most impressive collection of used sports socks. But how? More pressing, why?
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