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 Editor for PEOPLE Magazine. He began working ...

This couple sank into each other’s hearts. A man who fell into quicksand while strolling along a beautiful beach with his best friend had his life changed by the terrifying incident. Mitchell ...

"I just dropped into the ground," Jamie Acord recalled. A woman is speaking out after sinking into quicksand along the Maine coast. Jamie Acord said she was walking with her husband near the water on ...

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, ...

A Maine woman had a startling experience while walking on the water’s edge of a New England beach, and luckily she was not alone during the incident. While at Popham Beach State Park in Phippsburg, ...

"The more he struggled, the deeper he became," local police said. A man who was duck hunting in coastal Maine had to be rescued by police after getting stuck in quicksand-like mud that reached up to ...