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 was walking on a beach years ago as a teen. I jumped off of a retaining wall onto the sand next to an area where shallow water was on top of the sand. I was surprised when I sunk into the sand up to mid-thigh. Unlike movie quicksand, I had no real difficulty extracting myself.
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