Quicksand is a popular plot device in many an old jungle and western picture (not to mention Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho ), but thanks to shows like Mythbusters its effectiveness has somewhat lessened. (Especially when Bear Gryllis and his camera crew encounter the one patch of the stuff somewhere out in the desert; so, what does he do? Jumps right in to show how to pull yourself out of it, of course…)
Quicksand is a popular plot device in many an old jungle and western picture (not to mention Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho ), but thanks to shows like Mythbusters its effectiveness has somewhat lessened. (Especially when Bear Gryllis and his camera crew encounter the one patch of the stuff somewhere out in the desert; so, what does he do? Jumps right in to show how to pull yourself out of it, of course…)