Jamie Acord was strolling on a Maine seaside along with her husband this previous weekend, when she abruptly sunk hip deep into real-life quicksand. Surprised, Acord says she may neither really feel the underside nor acquire footing to push herself out. Fortunately, her husband was there to tug her to security.
In line with AP Information, the couple was strolling by the water at Popham Seashore State Park when Acord sank into the quicksand pit within the blink of an eye fixed. Acord then set free a scream and stated, “I can’t get out!”
Britannica defines quicksand as “sand that behaves as a liquid as a result of it’s saturated with water.” The encyclopedia website calls quicksand “a mucky nuisance” but additionally says it’s not possible to kill an individual. As a result of quicksand is denser than the human physique, Britannica says quicksand gained’t suck people to the underside. Quite, the human will float.
“Our legs are fairly dense, so [humans] could sink, however the torso accommodates the lungs, and thus is buoyant sufficient to remain out of hassle,” says Britannica on its web site.
In an interview with native information, a consultant of the Maine Division of Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry advised Acord stepped on a pocket of supersaturated sand “attributable to the altering course of the close by Morse River.”
Division communications director Jim Britt stated: “The sand is saturated with water. It’s [. . .] very straightforward to seek out your self sinking into it.”
Have you ever heard of real-life quicksand?
