I’m an 80s child I remember there was a lot of talk about it.
Born in 83. I was convinced that at some point I’d either get trapped in quicksand, or a plane I’m in would fly over the Bermuda triangle and we would just vanish.
The Bermuda triangle! I’d forgotten all about it. I was legit concerned about that
You never hear about the Bermuda triangle anymore
It mysteriously vanished one day.
Quicksand got it.
MBtGA
Or that the Amazon rainforest would be destroyed in my lifetime
Yep, made trips to the beach all that more exciting - who’s going to die in the quicksand at Seahouses this trip?!
Those videos in school as well, sorta like PIFs I guess?
Slurry pits, climbing on stacks of felled trees and building sites were other fear inducing videos.
I grew up in the sticks so mebbies the content was different to city folk?
We lost a football on Talacre beach in North Wales. It was right there, but there was a 10ft area around it that was just semi-liquid. Had to pull one of the kids out when they tried to get it. Scary stuff if you’re out by yourself and there’s no one to help.
I blame comics 😁 There were often some quicksand as a plot helper. Tintin for example.
Cartoons as well. I was certainly led to believe quicksand was going to be something I’d need to deal with as an adult.
So far, after a couple of decades of “adulting”, I’m so far at 0 quicksand incidents.
When they happen though, I’m ready.
He could have reached in to pull his legs out.
I saw it in Looney Tunes a lot, but only when the setting was a jungle. Or because the animator was fighting the animations.
