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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 ...

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 ...

PHIPPSBURG, Maine (AP) - 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 ...

A hiker is sharing his story of survival after being stuck for hours in quicksand over the weekend on a trail known as the "subway route" in Utah's Zion National Park. Thirty-four-year-old Ryan Osmun ...

A walk on the beach in California took a frightening turn Tuesday morning when an elderly woman found herself mired up to her waist in quicksand, and when firefighters came to her aid, they also ...

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 ...

A schoolboy was rescued from deadly quicksands Bay this week by firefighters who were luckily training nearby. Kavan Humphreys, 13, was fishing around Morecambe Bay in Lancashire with his father and a ...

MISSISSAUGA — A menace fit for Hollywood may be lurking in the riverbeds of the GTA, if you believe the road signs. Quicksand, the muddy trap that eats your boots and sucks you in the more you writhe, ...