"I just dropped into the ground," Jamie Acord recalled. A woman is speaking out after sinking into quicksand along the Maine coast. Jamie Acord said she was walking with her husband near the water on ...

The quicksand depicted in films, when a daring adventurer is suddenly ensnared in a life-threatening vortex of sand, is largely a myth. But that didn’t make it any less scary when Mitchell O’Brien ...

How to Survive busts common quicksand myths and explains what not to do when sinking, emphasizing slow, calm movements and proper escape methods. They reveal how to avoid panic and conserve energy for ...

A Michigan man sank up to his waist in sand while rock hunting on the shore of Lake Michigan. The incident occurred in an area where dredged sand had been deposited, possibly creating unstable ...