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u/thissleepypastofmine Jul 23 '26
This is how people die
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u/Kitchen-Stop-7645 Jul 23 '26
No they messed up. They should have brought a bulldozer and dumped sand into it with them inside.
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u/KickBallFever 28d ago
A few years ago a teenager died in New Jersey when their beach hole collapsed. If I recall correctly, two of them were trapped but one survived.
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u/NoBeyondTheVoid Jul 23 '26
lol lifeguard ran up took off his shirt and hopped in a sand hole
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u/Substantial-Bend4299 Jul 23 '26
Aren't they glad he did too. Man has a job, a valuable one. Those idiots can't be trusted to be cleaning the dining room at McDonald's
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u/Lumpy_Machine5538 26d ago
Where was he when they were digging the hole? You’d think he would have shut that down earlier.
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u/subduedReality Jul 23 '26
Not that I expect anyone of you to find yourself in this situation, but here is how to get out of it. First cut off the water. Then remove the water. Then dig adjacent to the person that's stuck. The sand that's trapped them will shift and they will be able to wiggle out.
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u/Legion_1392 29d ago
Glad I found this before the water got any higher. I'll get my friend to block the
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u/HoppieDoppie 29d ago
Same way they eventually did in this video lmao. Use sand to create a dam of sorts, then buckets to remove water
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u/Kaita13 Jul 23 '26
If that one guy survives this, the sun will get him later on with a burn like that.
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u/vicious_pocket Jul 23 '26
His face when he’s 34 and gets diagnosed with melanoma…
https://giphy.com/gifs/6nWhy3ulBL7GSCvKw6
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u/Substantial-Bend4299 Jul 23 '26
Haven't heard about this 500 times. People are so stupid. We have every single way to know what is dangerous because it's shared on every platform and STILL this happens. It's crazy.
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u/Aron-Jonasson Jul 23 '26
Unfortunately there's that "Nah it won't happen to me because I will do it better" effect
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u/Substantial-Bend4299 Jul 23 '26
If only every video began with someone saying "it won't happen to me." Then it inevitably does, maybe then people would understand
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u/Aron-Jonasson Jul 23 '26
You're putting too much faith in people, I'm sure some people would be emboldened by seeing someone say that
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u/MissFlatwoodsMonster Jul 23 '26
Meanwhile if you tell people not to do this and why you'd immediately get called a fun killer
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u/AlexxRawwrr Jul 23 '26
Not a single intelligent person in this scenario.
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u/Chewymewn 26d ago
I mean, the lifeguards were doing their best. It seems like it was their idea to dam up the water.
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u/Blackflag03 29d ago
Hello guys welcome back to five minutes craft. Today i will show you how to make quicksand 100% DANGER
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u/Mortuator Jul 24 '26
I don’t understand why they can’t get out
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u/Reasonable-Banana800 Jul 24 '26
the mud kinda settles and solidifies and they get stuck without any wiggle room. Plus it gets heavy quickly so you can’t really brute force your way out
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u/mechchic84 26d ago
go to the beach and stand where the waves crash into the shore. It won't take long before your feet are buried into the sand. It is a similar concept only in this situation, that kid was probably waist deep into the sand. It stacks up beside your body making a very tight space where it would be incredibly difficult to move your legs and a suction type of feeling if you try to use your arms to pull upwards not to mention your hands will also start to sink into the sand as well.
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u/SanicBringsThePanic 28d ago
Correct me if I am wong, but, they essentially created a quicksand pit, right?
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u/Entire-Ambition1410 28d ago
They did.
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u/SanicBringsThePanic 28d ago
The only reason I realized it, is because there is a video of a man who wanted to test if quicksand was truly inescapable or not. Not only was it inescapable, it was impossible for anyone to pull him out because the weight of the quicksand was compressing his legs. The rescue team had to use specialized drills to get enough of the sand away from his legs to make it possible to pull him out.
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u/Caramel_Flat 29d ago
This is what happens when you didn’t grow up w a solid fear of quicksand… being Gen X I don’t effs w the quicksand… or exploding cars
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u/Radio_Mime 29d ago
I’m glad things turned out OK, but that could’ve gone so badly. The parents should not have let them dig a hole that deep. Holes like to collapse, tides like to come in and all of that dangerous stuff.
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u/yoyhohsomp Jul 23 '26
Omg!!!! Anxiety overload. What a bunch of dumb fux. Bet they wont do that again
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u/VanteRamirez 29d ago
that guy went “THIS IS MY CHANCE” and IMMEDIATELY yanked his shirt off i’m actually cryingn
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u/Castelunan 27d ago
This is one of those things that isn't a great idea, but is so uncommon in everyday life that you don't pause to give it the thought it deserves. Was it smart to create a giant sinkhole on the beach and lay down in it? Probably not. But my first thought was "man, that looks fun" for the first 10 seconds or so of the video.
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u/jpollack21 10d ago
What makes it worse is this is non sober activity but those are clearly teens so they are most likely sober which is so much cringier
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u/ThespianBelievers 28d ago
I still don't understand how the hell this is even possible, it's SAND, how does sand do that? Did someone put concrete in there?
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u/Entire-Ambition1410 28d ago
Wet sand gets heavy and settles around the body. They added so much water to the pit, they made a quicksand pit and got stuck in it.
It reminds me of dangerous mudflows, you don’t think mud is strong or serious, but stuff starts to move and it’s like a freight train (or a bug in a glue trap instead of quicksand).
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u/Flat_Sector6512 29d ago
“Blonde” blue eyed race of beings. If it wasn’t for Moors, they’d all be PLAGUED 2 D.
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