Quicksand has been a favorite trope in Hollywood movies for years. Many think of quicksand as being able to engulf humans whole in a matter of a seconds, but does it work that way? Quicksand is formed ...

This looks like a perfectly normal beach, but one step in the wrong direction and you’ll be swallowed by a pit of viscous sand. And I hope you’ve been hitting the gym because pulling your own foot out ...

Though the threat of drowning in quicksand may be a core fear of any movie buff, some social media users have claimed it is "physically impossible to sink entirely in quicksand." One Reddit post, ...