Crocs Save Shocked Boy

The fashion world may sneer at Crocs but you won't find a better shoe to save you from death by hairdryer. The mother of a 3-year-old British boy says his plastic shoes saved his life after he picked up the faulty appliance in a swimming pool changing room and received a massive shock. Medics believe the Crocs acted as insulators, stopping the charge from becoming deadly.

"A bright blue bolt of electricity went down his arm and shot out his side. It was awful, he was screaming in agony and shaking," the boy's mother told the Telegraph. "'The paramedic said he was really lucky he was wearing Crocs at the time, as they stopped the electricity going through his legs and coming out of his feet, and probably saved him." (More Crocs stories.)