Quicksand has been a favorite trope in Hollywood movies for years. Many think of quicksand as being able to engulf humans whole in a matter of a seconds, but does it work that way? Quicksand is formed ...

SEYMOUR, Ind. (WDRB) -- A skilled hunter is recovering from a mishap in the wetlands of Muscatatuck Wildlife Refuge. James Cole was squirrel hunting with his 19-year-old grandson Brad Cole on Friday ...

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, ...

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 ...

Quicksand is not just the stuff of old Tarzan and Wild West movies. It’s a natural phenomenon lurking in Southern California, in or along creeks and rivers, dry washes and lakes where groundwater is ...

People or animals caught in quicksand find it very hard to escape 1. Here we show that quicksand acts as a trap because it becomes unstable when it is forced to move — first it liquefies, and then it ...