"The more he struggled, the deeper he became," local police said. A man who was duck hunting in coastal Maine had to be rescued by police after getting stuck in quicksand-like mud that reached up to ...

The mixture, which is a combination of sand and water, typically occurs in areas near water — but it can also be found in deserts Nicholas Rice is a Senior Editor for PEOPLE Magazine. He began working ...

Jamie Acord said she was walking along a Maine beach with her husband when she suddenly found herself waist-deep in sand What started as a normal day at the beach turned into into a startling ordeal ...

A teenager stuck in quicksand escaped after following directions to lie flat and crawl to safety. Footage shows the calm youngster lying on the boggy ground with his legs trapped inside at Gulangyu ...

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Many of us have an unexplainable fear about getting stuck in quicksand with no idea how to get out. On X, formerly known as Twitter, countless people have shared they have worried about the problem ...