Getting trapped in quicksand is a corny peril of old movies and TV shows, but it really did happen to one unfortunate hiker in Utah's Arches National Park. The park famous for dozens of natural, ...

Quicksand can be deadly if encountered, but how does it even form in the first place? Quick sand is often portrayed in Hollywood as a very slow but deadly threat, where someone usually has to pull you ...

Austin Dirks used a Garmin satellite device to reach emergency responders, who rescued him in a remote canyon in Arches National Park. By Neil Vigdor The sun had not yet risen when Austin Dirks ...

Getting trapped in quicksand is a corny peril of old movies and TV shows, but it really did happen to one unfortunate hiker in Utah’s Arches National Park. The park famous for dozens of natural, ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A hiker in Utah was stuck in near-freezing quicksand for several hours before a drone helped locate him. A rescue team was able to ...

Austin Dirks almost collapsed when he was finally pulled from the quicksand at Utah's Arches National Park Sam Gillette is a Staff Writer on the Human Interest team at PEOPLE. She first joined PEOPLE ...