On Monday, August 28'th, I had my
third outing of the season, where I had a dramatic sink with submersion on video, and the mud was thicker than last time!
So, read the descriptions, click on the 3 image video links below and enjoy!
Once again, thanks Dave, for hosting the videos on mpvstuff!
BOG PREPARATION FOR TREACHEROUS QUICKSAND VIDEO!Here is a video of part of my bog preparation process, where I mush up the surface to make it the same consistency as the stuff underneath, and then smooth it out. I am also picking out some debris from the mud. Even though I am suspended in the mud around waist deep, there is nothing solid beneath my feet, and if I was to move my legs/feet and struggle in place, I could make the thick, doughy ooze swallow me whole!
But, it was early in the day, too cool for that just yet! The bog makes various interesting rude sounds as I work the surface, starting from the moment I step in!
After I am finished, I then have to free myself from the doughy quagmire's grip! Because I am on the edge instead of in the "harder-to-escape-because-of-nothing-solid-within-reach"
middle, I can easily reach the nearby grass to help pull myself out, before finishing the smoothing job in that spot!
So, turn the volume way up to hear all the interesting sounds, click on the image below, and enjoy!
Length: 7:30
TREACHEROUS QUICKSAND!A man has been hiking away from civilization, getting deeper and deeper into the remote back-country for two and a half hours to reach an isolated lake. When he finally reaches the area, he gets all ready to go for a swim, only to wind up stepping onto ground that is so treacherous, that it immediately gulps him down to just past his crotch!
Then, the hungry quagmire proceeds to sluggishly suck him down deeper and deeper into it, and he can't stop this long, slow, deadly process, no matter how hard he struggles to escape!
Length: 14:27
ESCAPE FROM TREACHEROUS QUICKSAND!Here is a patch of mud that looks a bit stirred up, not looking that much out of the ordinary.
But, that can't be further from the truth, as you will see in the video below!
The surface moves and quivers like it is alive, and then lets out a fart, which is far from normal, because in actuality it is concealing a struggling 6' 2" hiker who is slowly suffocating beneath its surface, and that fart was his escaping breath, gas that the gulping mire passed up to the surface!
But, he manages to work his way back up to the surface to take in valuable oxygen, and then, with nothing solid within reach, slowly struggles through the lengthy process of extracting himself from the thick, doughy slime, until he manages to touch solid ground (actually a surrounding floating meadow) with his hands, which speeds up the rest of his escape!
Length: 8:38