Getting trapped in quicksand is a corny peril of old movies and TV shows, but it really did happen to one unfortunate hiker in Utah's Arches National Park. The park famous for dozens of natural, ...

Quicksand can be deadly if encountered, but how does it even form in the first place? Quick sand is often portrayed in Hollywood as a very slow but deadly threat, where someone usually has to pull you ...

The mixture, which is a combination of sand and water, typically occurs in areas near water — but it can also be found in deserts Nicholas Rice is a Senior News Editor, Weekends for PEOPLE Magazine.

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Getting trapped in quicksand is a corny peril of old movies and TV shows, but it really did happen to one unfortunate hiker in Utah’s Arches National Park. The park famous for dozens of natural, ...

Austin Dirks used a Garmin satellite device to reach emergency responders, who rescued him in a remote canyon in Arches National Park. By Neil Vigdor The sun had not yet risen when Austin Dirks ...

Jamie Acord was with her husband, walking along the beach in Maine, when she suddenly got stuck in quicksand. Acord says the quicksand was up to her waist and her arms were on top of the sand.

Austin Dirks almost collapsed when he was finally pulled from the quicksand at Utah's Arches National Park Sam Gillette is a Staff Writer on the Human Interest team at PEOPLE. She first joined PEOPLE ...