Getty Quicksand is not like it appears in the movies ... told the website. 9-Year-Old Boy Swept Away by Floodwaters as at Least 16 People Dead After Tornadoes and Storms Hit the Central U.S ...

Mitchell O'Brien was walking on a beach on Lake Michigan, looking for rocks with his good friend Bre. Next thing he knew, he was sinking.

Earlier this month, an 8-year-old boy was found dead, caught in quicksand in French Polynesia's Kauehi atoll, Tuamotu archipelago, about 500km north-east of the main island of Tahiti. The young boy ...

It’s the story that has gone viral across social media for almost two weeks now — a Grand Traverse man, Mitchell O’Brien, ...

By Victor Mather The quicksand depicted in films, when a daring adventurer is suddenly ensnared in a life-threatening vortex of sand, is largely a myth. But that didn’t make it any less scary ...