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Minute 7:55

https://youtu.be/uuMDEE5cpMU?t=469

Um... she fell into a puddle of dirty water... Sorry, but if that was supposed to be quicksand, then this scene gets a FAKE! rating from me.

Water and floating debris, the poor producer's cheap route to quicksand.

Notice when she falls in that you can see the square corner of the hole they dug at the left rear corner of the "pit".

Quickleaves! The hidden peril!

Quickwater..

You've all gotten spoiled. Works for me.

Duncan Edwards wrote:You've all gotten spoiled. Works for me.

Don't get me wrong. I'm a fan of quickleaves, (or quick anything) if done right. And I thought she did it right.

While a body of deep water with a heavy covering of leaves and branches is technically not quicksand it IS, I suspect, probably more dangerous regarding the possibility of going under, AND probably a lost more likely to really occur in nature.

Fred588 wrote:While a body of deep water with a heavy covering of leaves and branches is technically not quicksand it IS, I suspect, probably more dangerous regarding the possibility of going under, AND probably a lost more likely to really occur in nature.

That actually reminds me of a place I found locally some years back, which was a small picturesque stretch of water, and the shore looked solid enough but was very wet and covered with leaves. Because of all the branches obscuring the view, I wanted to take a photo a bit further out and luckily there was a small board of wood which I could place just out from the shore, and hop onto with my camera. I was just lining up a nice shot when I noticed the board was sinking, and rather quickly! It wasn't even that much into the water but I didn't stay to find out as the 'water' starting washing over my shoes. So that's my 'quickleaves' experience! Don't underestimate them!