re: Man stuck in Alaska mud flats drowns as tide comes in.

I remember my Aunt telling me a story like this when i went to visit them in Alaska when i was in middle school (Late '80s) She told me a guy sank in the mud at low tide up to his waste. the suction prevented rescurers from pulling him out and when the tide came in he drowned was along the rad from Kenai to Anchorage. (Think this was in Portage area))

the tide shifts can be 25-30 feet. all the docks/piers are on floats. and you tied you bot to a pulley that went out 100'. at high tide u tied you boat to the pully and wenched you boat out to the end.

EDIT:

After reading the article, this is the same mud flat area i that my aunts story was from. so this must happen more often than you think