quicksand

(Newser) - Quicksand isn't just a movie trope at Glen Canyon National Recreation Area right now, according to a rare alert from the National Park Service. Officials say patches of quicksand may lurk near shorelines and in drainages across the 1.25-million-acre park, which spans northern Arizona and southern Utah and...

(Newser) - Authorities in north Florida traced a missing man to a mud pit, where he'd been stuck up to his shoulders for at least four days. Deputies in Putnam County located 36-year-old Andrew Giddens on Wednesday, four days after family believes he became stuck in "quicksand" mud at a...

(Newser) - Quicksand turned from movie trope to real hazard for a hiker in Utah over the weekend. Officials say a man trekking through Arches National Park on Sunday morning became stuck up to his thighs in quicksand and spent several hours trapped in below-freezing temps before rescuers managed to pull him...

(Newser) - A Michigan man who had a frightening day at the shore earlier this month at least has a new girlfriend to show for it. Mitchell O'Brien is now officially dating Breanne Sika after a two-year friendship, following their day trip to Van's Beach along Lake Michigan. On that...