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 ...

Quicksand is odd: a bed of silt becomes saturated with water so that its grains no longer cohere. Heavy objects — a cow, a log, my husband — sink readily but can't easily rise. Quicksand ...

Some of the information has been updated. If you find yourself stuck in quicksand, the first thing to remember is not to panic. It's easy to sink deeper into this stuff if you're flailing about ...

As it happens, drowning in quicksand in real life is nearly impossible, scientists say. Sand is denser than the human body, so even if one’s legs sink, the air in the lungs keeps the body too ...

If stumbling into quicksand ranks on your list of worries, don't panic. You won't sink in—at least not all the way. Real quicksand is certainly hard to get out of, but it doesn't suck people ...

Repeated scientific studies have shown that people cannot fully sink in quicksand because it’s denser than the human body, so the upper torso will remain buoyant at the surface. Britt said ...

Luckily, quicksand, or supersaturated sand, is not nearly as dangerous as it is in the movies. In real life, people don't sink in quicksand, but remain buoyant. Quicksand can occur due to a number ...

Thankfully, real life is not like in the movies. People who are caught in supersaturated sand remain buoyant — people don’t sink in quicksand — allowing them to float and wriggle themselves ...