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Have you ever encountered quicksand?
Posted on 1/6/22 at 9:26 am
Posted on 1/6/22 at 9:26 am
With how often people fell into it on TV when I was a kid, I figured I would have found some by now just on the law of averages, but no dice.
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Posted on 1/6/22 at 9:26 am to Jim Rockford
Posted on 1/6/22 at 9:27 am to Jim Rockford
Posted on 1/6/22 at 9:29 am to Jim Rockford
With as much as it was a problem on TV and movies you’d think it was lurking around every corner
Posted on 1/6/22 at 9:29 am to Jim Rockford
You just need a nearby snake to grab.
Posted on 1/6/22 at 9:30 am to fr33manator
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With as much as it was a problem on TV and movies you’d think it was lurking around every corner
Yeah I think all of us as kids thought it was a real problem.
Posted on 1/6/22 at 9:31 am to Jim Rockford
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With how often people fell into it on TV when I was a kid, I figured I would have found some by now just on the law of averages, but no dice.
Yes, I also saw those memes a few weeks ago on facebook.
Posted on 1/6/22 at 9:32 am to CocomoLSU
Beat me to it.
Posted on 1/6/22 at 9:33 am to Jim Rockford
A a former field biologist, I've encountered it a couple of times. Obviously, I lived.
Posted on 1/6/22 at 9:34 am to Jim Rockford
Yes Sub-surface while driving piling.
When we were kids we looked everywhere we could to find quicksand like we would see in the Tarzan movies. Never found any.
When we were kids we looked everywhere we could to find quicksand like we would see in the Tarzan movies. Never found any.
This post was edited on 1/6/22 at 9:35 am
Posted on 1/6/22 at 9:34 am to Lonnie Utah
What the hell is quicksand actually?
Posted on 1/6/22 at 9:35 am to Lonnie Utah
Could you tell us a bit more about your experience with Quicksand? Most of us have never seen it IRL.
Posted on 1/6/22 at 9:35 am to Jim Rockford
Twice. Along the river at Montgomery, La as a kid. Simply saturated sand.
But as an adult, I was plant taxonoming up in Claiborne Parish north of Homer. There was a sort of plateau on this sandy hill top that had a very small pond in the middle. I walk over and see this uncommon water plant just a step away from the edge. I step out and immediately sink up to my knee caps. Had to be pulled out. I could have made it out without help, but if I had not been just a little cautious and taken a short step it could have been bad. never seen anything like that since.
But again, just saturated sand.
But as an adult, I was plant taxonoming up in Claiborne Parish north of Homer. There was a sort of plateau on this sandy hill top that had a very small pond in the middle. I walk over and see this uncommon water plant just a step away from the edge. I step out and immediately sink up to my knee caps. Had to be pulled out. I could have made it out without help, but if I had not been just a little cautious and taken a short step it could have been bad. never seen anything like that since.
But again, just saturated sand.
Posted on 1/6/22 at 9:37 am to Jim Rockford
Closest thing: Duck hunting at the Wax there’s one island where the mud is so soft and deep it’s almost like quicksand, we actually got snowshoes to hunt it for a while before just moving to another spot where the bottom was harder and still had ducks.
The legend of Woolley swamp
The legend of Woolley swamp
This post was edited on 1/6/22 at 9:38 am
Posted on 1/6/22 at 9:37 am to jeffsdad
I have encountered more of "quick mud," and it was never unavoidable. I have definitely lost a shoe to the stuff, lol. I also thought it would be more common in the world, maybe climate change dried them all up... ;-)
Posted on 1/6/22 at 9:38 am to Oilfieldbiology
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What the hell is quicksand actually?
To oversimplify, it’s very fine sand mixed with a particular amount of water. The only way you’ll run into a problem is if you panic, fight with it, and drive yourself down because of friction. If you just stop moving, you’ll float because you’re less dense than it is.
This post was edited on 1/6/22 at 9:47 am
Posted on 1/6/22 at 9:38 am to Bigfishchoupique
There was an abandoned sand pit near where I lived growing up. We would put up targets across to the other side and sight in our rifles there. One time I walked across to put up targets and suddenly sunk down to between my knees and hips. I was able to get out but the sand sucked off both my shoes*. That shite is for real.
*joined the club with concrete_tiger losing shoes to quicksand
*joined the club with concrete_tiger losing shoes to quicksand
This post was edited on 1/6/22 at 9:41 am
Posted on 1/6/22 at 9:39 am to Jim Rockford
Posted on 1/6/22 at 9:40 am to Jim Rockford
not quicksand but i hit some quick mud one time and my dad had to drag me out. I was 7 or 8. Went in up to my neck. My boots stayed in it.
Posted on 1/6/22 at 9:40 am to Jim Rockford
I have not but I wouldnt mind experiencing it at some point. As long as someone there can pull me out if I cant get myself out.
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