In his stand-up comedy special "New in Town," comedian John Mulaney joked about the oversaturation of quicksand on childhood TV shows: "I always thought that quicksand was going to be a much bigger ...

If stumbling into quicksand ranks on your list of worries, don't panic. You won't sink in—at least not all the way. Real quicksand is certainly hard to get out of, but it doesn't suck people under the ...

As a child, I knew two things about quicksand: that it’s a go-to peril for cartoon characters in jungles, and that in real life, it’s only sticky if you treat it like a solid. Pretend it’s water, and ...

We've all seen the footage. In the 1960s, disastrous quicksand scenes appeared in one out of every 35 films. In the 1980s, quicksand's spotlight had dwindled, but it still appeared in roughly one out ...

Though the threat of drowning in quicksand may be a core fear of any movie buff, some social media users have claimed it is "physically impossible to sink entirely in quicksand." One Reddit post, ...

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SMITHTOWN, N.Y. (WCBS/CNN Newsource/WKRC) - A man found himself in a scary situation when he sunk up to his waist in quicksand-like mud while walking his dog, prompting a police rescue. 24-year-old ...

Two teenagers were rescued from mud that was ‘like quicksand’ after they became stuck on a dog walk in Little Lever. Two fire engines, a technical response unit, and a water incident unit were called ...

A man, his daughter, and three grandchildren drowned “hugging each other” in a river after being swallowed by quicksand. The tragedy took place as the family members collected sand to renovate their ...