During a hike of about 20 miles, the OP camped overnight about halfway through. While crossing what seemed like another ...

If you get stuck in quicksand, remember it's impossible to drown in the stuff. Instead, calmly try freeing yourself by gently kicking your legs back and forth. This should loosen the dense sand around ...

Quicksand has been a favorite trope in Hollywood movies for years. Many think of quicksand as being able to engulf humans whole in a matter of a seconds, but does it work that way? Quicksand is formed ...

A Maine woman enjoying a walk on a popular beach learned that quicksand doesn't just happen in Hollywood movies in jungles or rainforests. Jamie Acord was walking at the water's edge at Popham Beach ...

Getting trapped in quicksand is a corny peril of old movies and TV shows, but it really did happen to one unfortunate hiker in Utah’s Arches National Park. The park famous for dozens of natural, ...

It was a fun day at the beach ... until it wasn’t. A woman was enjoying a normal, relaxing day at a popular beach, walking with her husband, when she found herself caught in quicksand – something that ...

Falling into quicksand isn't quite as bad as some movies make it out to be. Instead of being sucked all the way in, quicksand victims will float once they get about waist deep, according to a new ...

PHIPPSBURG, Maine (WKRC) - A beach stroll started going downhill when a woman found herself up to her hips in sand in less than a second. Jamie and Patrick Acord were walking along Popham Beach in ...

A Maine woman had a startling experience while walking on the water’s edge of a New England beach, and luckily she was not alone during the incident. While at Popham Beach State Park in Phippsburg, ...

Although horror films frequently depict victims disappearing in quicksand, the truth is much tamer. People cannot fully sink into this type of soil, and laboratory simulations now bear out this little ...

This couple sank into each other’s hearts. A man who fell into quicksand while strolling along a beautiful beach with his best friend had his life changed by the terrifying incident. Mitchell ...