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Quicksand is a corny peril in old movies, but getting stuck in it really did happen to one hiker in Utah Getting trapped in quicksand is a corny peril of old movies and TV shows, but it really did ...

Alyssa Munch's fourth-grade students at Hawthorn Elementary North in Vernon Hills asked: "Where does quicksand go?" Quicksand is a mixture of water and sand or air. Instead of forming a fairly solid ...

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 ...

There have been a few cases of people falling into quicksand at Popham Beach State Park in Maine so far this year, according parks official. AP It’s swim — or sink — at one Maine beach dealing with a ...

A woman plunged into a quicksand hole while walking along a Maine beach (not the one pictured) with her husband. Myriam Olmand via Unsplash A woman was walking along a Maine beach with her husband ...