On Friday, August 4'th, I had my
third adventure of the season!

I took many photos, and shot more video, including a second breathing tube video! Because it was over 15 minutes, I had to break up the breathing tube video into two pieces, with some overlap, and put them into a playlist, so the second part will play after the first part. Make certain the quality is set to 720p! Enjoy!
Taboo LandsThere is an area where superstitious locals are scared to get within miles of, because they think it is haunted. It seems that people who go there vanish without a trace!

So, the area is taboo to the locals, and they frighten off the tourists from coming anywhere near this area! But, that makes it pristine and untouched, a hiker's paradise!

So, one brave hiker decides not to listen to the locals, and goes there, really enjoying the beauty of the area!

Then he discovers the area's true secret, but by then, it is too late, and he vanishes without a trace!
Escape From Taboo LandsHere is a patch of bare ground with a disturbed patch in the middle. It doesn't look that scary, but in actuality, it had just swallowed up a 6' 2" man, who is being smothered to death beneath its surface!

But, he manages to fight his way back up, gasping for air, before being sucked back down a few more times, before he finally manages to work himself up and out of the sticky ooze!
Quagmire Surface Mush UpThis is raw footage of me crawling over the entire surface of my patch of deep quagmire, mushing up the surface skin into the softer stuff below, turning it into a homogeneous, sticky, gooey morass. Then, I smooth the surface out. If I didn't break up and mix the surface layer into the softer stuff below, it would get very stiff and harder to work with. Also, the sedge grasses on the edge were dropping seeds on top, and if left alone, would germinate and start to carpet the surface! So, I have to keep the entire area churned to keep it open! Watch the bog really quake and heave and pulsate like a waterbed as I do my work! Doesn't it look inviting? I bet a lot of people would
love to jump into that, or watch actresses take the plunge into that!
Hidden Hose Deep Bubbling SinkThis next video is in 2 overlapping parts in a playlist.
A long section of hose is buried under a patch of innocent-looking mud to hide it from the camera, leaving the ends exposed. A 6' 2" man jumps in and slowly gets sucked under the surface with the end of the hose in his mouth, the hose totally hidden from view of the camera. The mud is thicker than ever, and the hose is the only thing keeping him alive beneath the suffocating ooze, his exhaled breath bubbling and hissing and farting out of the surface, which occasionally churns, quakes, heaves, pulsates and sways as he struggles beneath the surface! His hands occasionally rise above the surface, before being reclaimed by the hungry morass! Eventually, he works his way back up to the surface, and out of the treacherous quagmire to solid ground! Enjoy!
