Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe LECANTO, Fla., July 7 (UPI) -- A Florida woman said her collection of 619 flamingo-related items has earned her a place in the Guinness Book of World Records. Sherry Knight, of Lecanto, said she has been collecting flamingo paraphernalia for years and recently received the news that she is a Guinness World Record holder, Bay News 9, St. Petersburg, reported Thursday. Advertisement "I was yelling in the parking lot," she said of the moment she received the news. "Praise the Lord, yeah, we did it." Knight, who works for a Path Thrift Store associated with a rescue shelter, said she is hoping to use her fame from the record to draw attention to the issue of homelessness. Read More Stuntman breaks forward jump flip record Fla. shuttle runway sees new speed use World's oldest person dies at age 114
