I heard and seen alot of stories involving quick sand"sucking people down" where they cant get out or escape;Is this true or another urban myth.
2006-09-05 16:00:33 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
Quick sand is the name used to describe sand that will not support the weight of a standing person and is usually found on the bend of rivers. Sand accumulates on the bends through back eddies, but become unstable when the underlying sand is washed away. A person would simply disappear in one moment, and not like the sticky mud holes you see in Tarzan movies. Peat bogs are really like the latter mud holes, or tar pits where most ancient bones are found.
2006-09-05 22:46:48 · answer #1 · answered by loxland 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a great urban myth that's been perpetuated time and time again in the movies.
It's a great device for a horrible death - sucking you down faster and faster as you struggle, and the dramatics effects are even better - the hand slowly disappearing in the pool of quicksand with your last remnants of breath bubbling up next to it at the surface.
What a great myth, eh? Too bad it isn't true - I can think of a few people I would like to take for a nice hike through the jungle...........
2006-09-05 16:12:32 · answer #2 · answered by LeAnne 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's true...but not all quick sand is like that...some are slow so it's easier for people to get out when getting sucking down
2006-09-05 16:06:50 · answer #3 · answered by bearluver_05 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-14 09:05:07 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a myth- Sand is heavier than water. The Discovery Channel Show "Mythbusters" did a good show on this.
2006-09-05 16:02:41 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
It's true. But you don't sink real fast and you can get out, it's just hard.
With quicksand, the more you struggle in it the faster you will sink. If you just relax, your body will float in it because your body is less dense than the quicksand.
2006-09-05 16:03:18 · answer #6 · answered by Dorothy 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Myth. See link.
2006-09-05 16:04:18 · answer #7 · answered by bobble242 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
quick sand is real. there was quick sand behind the lab where my father worked in n.j.
2006-09-05 16:07:16 · answer #8 · answered by lefftylucy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's a fact. some countries have them. some people including you i think have not seen one. you can't find it in the city.
2006-09-09 04:22:36 · answer #9 · answered by aldimca 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its true, thats why its called "quick sand"
2006-09-05 19:30:26 · answer #10 · answered by queenie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋