Ask for and take the advice of rangers and locals in the know. The best thing to do is get to know the area you plan on going to before hitting the beach with your four-wheel drive. If you’ve driven your car into quicksand, you cannot pull the car out using other vehicles. And the cowboy actually dying from having the rope around his waist,” he says.ĭaniel doesn’t know how true those stories are, but it’s a good urban legend and a cautionary tale of what can happen if you try. “There are all kinds of stories about cowboys lassoing their rope around their horse and the horse, trying to pull them out. This could severely injure you because of the sheer force needed to remove you. Or get your friends to tie a rope around you and use their truck to pull you out. You can slowly lift your legs back up to the surface and gently paddle out, as demonstrated in this Australian Academy of Science video.ĭon’t take guidance from Hollywood and get a cowboy to lasso you with a rope and use their horse to pull you out. It draws attention to your foundation, stability and sense of understanding. You are not able to express yourself in how you really feel about a situation. Somebody may be pretending to be somebody they are not and are hiding under a facade. Instead, rotate your legs in slow, small movements to reintroduce water between the sand and your legs. Drowning in quicksand dream hints a situation in your life which may be painful or hurtful. We are not as dense as quicksand, so we will only ever sink partway like a rubber ducky in a tub. What Daniel found is that we can never drown in quicksand. Thankfully, our iconic devil didn’t sink beneath the quicksand, never to be seen again.Īs quirky as this experiment sounds, it has real-life applications.
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In 1914, the first on-set movie death occurred when actress Grace McHugh and camera operator Owen Carter drowned in quicksand. He collected samples of quicksand in Iran and analysed what it was made from – mix of fine sand, saltwater and clay.ĭaniel then used beads and other items, including (bizarrely) a Tassie devil figurine with similar densities to humans, to check whether they would ‘drown’ in the quicksand he re-created in the lab. The First On-Set Movie Death Was From Quicksand Madeline Hiltz (Photo Credit: Columbia TriStar/ Getty Images) Surprisingly, there is a good reason why so many movies showcase the dangers of quicksand.
This was a question Dr Daniel Bonn, Professor of Physics at the University of Amsterdam, was determined to answer. Is this fear warranted? Can you really drown in quicksand? “Ms Raybone, along with her family and friends, will continue to be in our thoughts and prayers.Perhaps the fear of quicksand engendered in many of us is compounded by a snake being used to pull Indiana Jones out of quicksand in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.Īlthough quicksand is no longer a go-to for films, fear around it remains. The Jolly Beach Resort issued a statement saying, “Despite this tragic accident, the public beach our resort shares with other hotels is one of the safest in Antigua, and no report of quicksand has ever been recorded. Raybone had travelled to Antigua with her family to attend her father’s wedding, which was due to take place the following day. A body was found later on the shoreline.” The tide that night was very rough and high.
The beach sloped and it became pitch black. Her body was found the next morning washed up on the beach.Īccording to the UK’s Independent newspaper, the coroner said, "Her family went to look for her but it was getting dark. Nicola Raybone was walking on the beach while staying at the five-star Jolly Beach Resort last January when she walked into quicksand unknowingly.Īntiguan police were notified and friends and family sent out a search party after her sandals and phone were found in the resort's bar. An inquest has found that the death of a 33-year-old British lady who died on the Caribbean island of Antigua was due to drowning after becoming trapped in quicksand.
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