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[–] 83 points 4 months ago (14 children)

If I’m not mistaken, the whole myth rose from an incident with a pilot using land navigation, got one cluster of islands confused with another, which caused him to set an incorrect course and ended up getting lost at sea.

Ay least that’s my understanding. Now let’s talk about the real danger: quicksand.

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  • [–] 51 points 4 months ago (7 children)

    Not to make too fine a point of it, but quicksand is relatively rare in the Bermuda Triangle. Unless it is a very watered down version of course, but that’s outside my comfort zone.

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  • [–] 15 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    Quicksand is hella rare everywhere. As a kid i feared it hard and knowing how to escape it was absolutely survival-critical knowledge.

    I have never once been anywhere even near it.

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  • [–] 10 points 4 months ago

    You can make your own, it's fun! Dig a big hole on the beach, fill it with water, then put the sand back in. It makes kind of a trap, you can't necessarily tell there's a hole there but if you step on it, you'll sink right in. Don't worry, you can get out just fine.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago (2 children)

    Hmm you might be onto something here

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago

    I suppose there’s also the really wet sand, on the ocean floor. I don’t think it gets much more wet than that. Not sure how quick it is though. But presumably if you are stuck in that sand, then you have already endured a series of arguably less desirable circumstances.

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