as highlighted by one viral video. The short clip, shared in a post on Reddit, shows a man stuck in quicksand in a recently dried-up riverbed after being warned not to hike down it by park rangers.

SMITHTOWN, N.Y. (WCBS/CNN Newsource/WKRC) - A man found himself in a scary situation when he sunk up to his waist in quicksand-like mud while walking his dog, prompting a police rescue.

More than a million years ago, a prehistoric "quicksand trap" caused numerous elephants to perish. A team of researchers from ...