DonRocks Posted October 22, 2016 Share Posted October 22, 2016 Quicksand is total bullshit, a fabrication, perpetuated by Hollywood until about fifty years ago. Come on, fess up - some of you didn't know this. Pssst ... don't feel bad ... I didn't know either. The truth is that, most likely, nobody in the history of the world has ever died in quicksand (underwater is an exception because you can drown, and I suppose if you were an unfortunate skydiver, and landed head-first, you'd be pretty much hosed). Jun 15, 2002: "Where Has All the Quicksand Gone?" on boryssnorc.com Oct 7, 2002: "What is Quicksand" by Darrel G.F. Long on scientificamerican.com Sep 29, 2005: "Quicksand Myth Exposed" by Patricia Reaney on abc.net.au The "shortcut" way to look at this is: Quicksand is about twice as dense as the human body, so you can only sink about halfway down before stopping, and you couldn't become submerged even if you tried. This is about as close as you come to dying: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Dente Posted October 22, 2016 Share Posted October 22, 2016 Mythbusters did a bit on quicksand: Killer Quicksand on Mythbusters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Hersch Posted October 22, 2016 Share Posted October 22, 2016 It seems to me that if, instead of walking into quicksand, you were to fall headlong into it, you'd be lucky to survive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonRocks Posted February 18, 2019 Author Share Posted February 18, 2019 "Arizona Man Rescued at Zion National Park after Getting Trapped in Quicksand" by Karine Hafuta on abcnews.go.com 😶 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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