Honestly as a kid I thought that quicksand would be a way bigger problem in life considering how many TV shows and movies I saw that used it.
But basically, what is it, how is it formed, how common is it, that kind of stuff. I live on the US East coast so (to my knowledge) I’ve never encountered it
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I believe I was caught by quicksand once.
We were walking through the woods in Florida near a creek. In one area the creek got narrow and we walked around it. Suddenly my left leg sunk into the ground, and I was almost laying flat. We brushed the leaves away and my leg was sunk in wet sand. I slowly pulled my leg and didn’t even lose my boot.
My guess is that the creek was at a point where it was running under the surface and the sand was being agitated enough to act semisolid. There was a lot of organic matter like leaves and branches that hid it all from view.
We did the rest of the hike using walking sticks.
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