How to Survive Falling Into Quicksand

Picture this, you're having a nice, relaxing walk on a private beach without a care in the world. All of a sudden, your foot drops into a deep and mucky puddle. You struggle to pull your leg out, but it just won't budge. Before you know it, you're sinking rapidly, and half of your body is submerged in cold, wet quicksand. The more you struggle, the more you sink. Talk about a terrible way to end a vacation.

Thumbnail credit: Quicksand Visuals

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[ruxer]

Who’s watching while sinking into quick sand.

[danpalmer]

Once I was stuck in quicksand for 2 hours but someone came to the rescue! Your safety tips are the best!

[matthewblackburn]

As a kid I thought quicksand would be a much bigger issue than it has been so far.

[danielmendez]

STEPS:
2:21 STEP 1(Stop Moving)
2:38 STEP 2(Lighten the Load)
3:00 STEP 3(Grab on to Something)
3:21 STEP 4(Lean Back and Wiggle Your Feet)
3:50 STEP 5(Call for Help)
4:11 STEP 6(Breathe Deeply)

[jessiejames]

It happened to me . I was in the 4th grade . We lived in a town called "Hidden Lakes". There were several ponds around my neighborhood..and one of them had been drained. There was a trail going across the mudd. I walked out a bit and immediately started sinking...I was up to my waist in mudd, within seconds !...as I was praying to God and yelling for help, out of NOWHERE, my neihbor/friend, ran up and grabbed my hand and me out ! I was sure that I was dead . It wasn't my time to go yet . I had to take off my Jean's and wash all the mudd off of them, and air dry in his front yard before going back home. Because Mom would have never believed it....

[walkerb]

As a kid I was so terrified of quicksand. Those episodes of Gilligan’s Island really did a number on me

[labotraduc]

I never heard of quick sand in France, but felt intense stress watching this. The fear of suffocation is so deeply ingrained in any living creature.

[cynthcansee]

"They could...rip you in half" wHaT? oH mY gAh-

[captain]

Who is watching this while chilling in quick sand?

[arva]

me: i dont need to watch this because im not going to jungle
brain: JUST for incase

[turtlesrprettycool]

Once I was in a lake as a kid, and there was always this spot where if we walked into the mud, it went up to our waist. It was always a ton of fun doing that. One time, I got in super deep, and I couldn’t pull my legs out. My friends helped me out, and then I realized my shoe was stuck in it, but then the mud went over. I never saw that shoe again.

[ptperry]

The most impressive aspect of this video is the vast accumulation of “sinking” scenes from various movies and otherwise

[BunnylvesU]

How to survive falling into quick sand

1.DON'T BE THERE

[temporaryemail]

Thanks for the video! I was stuck in the quicksand and immediately was watching your videos, while inside quicksand, I did yoga positions and even hired a yoga professional to teach me, after 5 months of yoga learning, I held my breath and then called 911, they saved me!!

[panda]

I remember me and my friend got stuck on quicksand at a beach once, we were small so we got so scared we just started jumping and lifting our feet our and trying to put the leg we were able to get out first it as far as possible so we could get out faster. Scariest day of my life

[equalizer]

How to survive everything: stay calm and dont move

[frankjosephmengullo]

watching this while in the quicksand struggling to survive

[mahriya]

This helps me, thanks for uploading this video, this makes me feel careful to every sand I stepped. And this makes me learn how to avoid Quicksand disasters.

[janaimariebailey]

Thank you so much for posting this video bcuz my sister was Struggling in quick sand and this video saved her

[laliclaudesol]

Did anyone else think this was like, basic life knowledge as a kid?
I thought I would encounter quicksand almost on a daily basis... oh childhood!