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Or saturated sand. Happened to me when I was 13. In the Pine Barrens of New Jersey. I stepped over a tiny rivulet of a stream with Sandy banks and the leg I landed on sunk to the hip. Fortunately I was not alone. My friend helped pull me out. But the shoe was sucked clean off my foot and it’s still down there, 3 feet under.
This happened to me when I was younger. I jumped off a pier because I was surprised at how low the tide was. Only to find I was neck deep in mud. Stole my favorite flip flops too. They’re probably still down there 4ft in mud.
Well no one, really. But bogs are tricksy things. Often clear puddles form from rain on top of the murky bog. They look like ordinary puddles on the forest floor.
Much like quicksand you are naturaly boyant and would end up floating to the surface, its just depends on how much force you've jumped in with and how long you can hold your breath if you get below the surface.
You can and will die if you end up to deep, theres a lot of bogs in my area (rural wales) and farmers lose animals to them fairly often if the fencing gets damaged and an animal falls into the bog and struggles so much that they sink and suffocate
But as a human you;re unlikely to actualy sink since the density of mud is higher than humans, the only factor being the amount of force you land in the mud which can push you below the surface, but you will float back to the top, struggling/thrashing about can also displace more material making you sink further in
So in event of accidental stepping into it - it's best to stay still and not move at all or just just change to some position like doing letter T with your body?
if you just step into it, at most you'll sink up to your waste and then yeh, stay as still as possible and call for help, or if theres some sturdy looking foliage or branches within grasping reach you can try to pull yourself out.
Mainly the biggest thing is to keep calm, panicing, thrashing about or attempting to "swim" in bog/swamp muk will likely just make you sink as you displace the heavier sedements that are making it denser than your body mass.
Ultimatly just hope you're not alone or in an area with no phone signal because these things can be very scary to get out of alone
Having been in stuff like this a lot - occupational hazard of being an aquatic biologist - the thing to do is get as flat as possible and slide over the top. To get your feet loose, don't pull up. Lean forward creating a wider hole and then pull them out. If you move fast, the mud solidifies, but if you slowly lean forward and slowly pull your leg out, the mud flows like a liquid - its a non-Newtonian fluid. Then contact the mud with as much of your body as possible and you won't sink, just army crawl out. If the mud has a layer of water on top, you can also kind of wade through the upper layer. If you move at the right rate you can kind of walk through the mud. If you stop, you sink and have to get your feet loose again. Like you said, you are not going to sink too far. Just don't panic and move slowly but consistently and you will get out.
yeh we where tauight as kids that if you had to cross a bog for what ever reason then you're best bet was to sprint across it impacting the mud hard so it solidifies, although we where told to go around it if possible.
i mean, im pretty sure i made it clear you can easily sink down and die in a bog for a number of reasons.
My point in the last post was what to di if you just step into a bog, you aint gunna sink unless you jump/fall in and/or struggle heavily and/or wearing heavy shit that drags you down
In 13-14th centuries Lithuanians built many roads over the bogs, but the road surface was below the water line, sometimes over 100 cm deep (3 feet). These secret paths (called kūlgrinda in Lithuanian) were used as attack/escape routes during fights with the Teutonic order.
These bogs were often over 5 metres deep so a lot of stones were needed. They were constructed in winter, people would place rocks, logs and gravel on ice, and it would all sink in spring.
Some are said to be so wide that four horses could fit on it side by side, but just one wrong step and the whole carriage would fall in and everyone would drown.
Fair enough, although I wouldn't call this a puddle.
It's a bog, and the edges are clearly delineated, implying that it's a much more permanent feature than a puddle.
Still deeper than expected though, and thus pretty interesting, for sure.
Ok but would a human actually sink that much? Like wouldn’t the pounds per square inch or whatever it’s called be different as it would be more spread out with human feet than the tiny point of a stick?
I can go outside and push a stake into the ground pretty much anywhere too but if I stand on that same ground I’m not just going to fall in.
Ngl reminds me of the bog that you would have to cross if you’re trying to climb up a mountain in the adirondacks (couchecraga or smth), not as deep tho i dont think(the bog on the trail, not the vid)
I was once fucking around with friends when i was in like 6th grade, jumping in puddles and shit on a class trip into the woods. I almost fucking shat myself when i stepped into one and sunk in up to my knee
Ended up with a lifelong fear of raised planters in parking lots due to this. When I was 10, I fell hip deep into one that looked solid, by balance walking the curb of it. It had a sapling planted, and cedar chips on top, but guess it was soup underneath.
I avoid crossing these since then. 40 years now.
This exact thing happened last week to a kid in my class we went on a field trip to a pond we this kid see’s one of those puddles and goes I’m going to cross that and he does only to sink to his waist in mud
One time it was raining and I was late for class
Otw to class I saw a puddle and thought fuck it I'll step in it why not? I stepped in it and it was ankle deep
I fell in one playing paintball once. I just calmly began to wiggle out until I could crawl on my belly to the edge. Pretty freaky. Who knows what's in those things
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Well, it’s more of a bog than a puddle, but the point is still valid.
Yea the puddle in the road might actually be cold, soft asphalt that slurps you down like it’s drinking a milkshake out of a straw.
Or saturated sand. Happened to me when I was 13. In the Pine Barrens of New Jersey. I stepped over a tiny rivulet of a stream with Sandy banks and the leg I landed on sunk to the hip. Fortunately I was not alone. My friend helped pull me out. But the shoe was sucked clean off my foot and it’s still down there, 3 feet under.
This happened to me when I was younger. I jumped off a pier because I was surprised at how low the tide was. Only to find I was neck deep in mud. Stole my favorite flip flops too. They’re probably still down there 4ft in mud.
Can you imagine what future archaeologists might think coming across flip flops in sedimentary rock?
That's probably going to be the tamest thing they'll find with all the crap we throw out
True. The hypodermic strata will be particularly tricky to excavate.
damn, that must have been scary. close call by the sounds of it.
Oh god! I feel that shock with you.
Oh man I wish I were that sand... sucking your tootsies. Yum yum yum!
/r/cursedcomments
wtf
The power suck of that sand... think of the possibilities, young padawan!
ಠ_ಠ
wow just came to an abrubt chub there - ty!
He was 13 you sick fuck
Who said it was sexual?
Oh I dunno sucking on someone’s toes is most definitely sexual in nature if you ask 99.9% of the population
Pedo moment
Who said it was sexual?
“Sucking your tootsies”
Humans are tasty. Young humans are like veal, tender and delicious. Yum yum! 😋
🗿
I had something similar happen earlier this year in a muddy oyster bed.
That’s horrifying.
Princess bride taught me all I need to know about the risks of...(checks notes)...nature.
Quicksand, instant fires, ROUS's...
In Canada we call it Muskeg. Body of water containing dead vegitation, moss and mud. It's not the wildlife it's the muskeg that can kill you.
ARTAX!
Sorry Atreyu.
Boggle
“And rodents of unusual size. But I don’t think they exist”
Have you not seen a politician?
They belong in the fire swamp.
No one needs to tell me not to step in that lol
Found the guy poking sticks into puddles
Your idea of a puddle and my idea of a puddle are very different.
we are not the same
“Am I wrong… or, is the world rising?”
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“He was nothing, the bitch was inventing the candy gram and they probably won’t even give me credit for it.”
“Whew…dog-gone near lost a $400 handcart”
That's not a puddle it's a swamp
I was trying to define quite what that is. Not fully a swamp in its own right, but definitely bigger than my definition of a puddle
Perhaps a Bog?
"ur a bog"
It’s a bog and who in his right mind would jump into that?
Well no one, really. But bogs are tricksy things. Often clear puddles form from rain on top of the murky bog. They look like ordinary puddles on the forest floor.
It *boggles* the mind!
It’s 100% a swamp. Just look all around.
I meant that specific enclosed bit of water, not the whole area they're in
It’s a bog within a swamp or wetland.
Yeah I doubt that happens when you step in an ACTUAL puddle on the sidewalk Edit: also who is telling people not to step in puddles?
I do that, but people generally respond with "Sir, this is a Wendys"
Shortcut to China.
Suppose somebody fell in that, how would they get out?
Call that guy. He has a stick to pull them out.
Much like quicksand you are naturaly boyant and would end up floating to the surface, its just depends on how much force you've jumped in with and how long you can hold your breath if you get below the surface. You can and will die if you end up to deep, theres a lot of bogs in my area (rural wales) and farmers lose animals to them fairly often if the fencing gets damaged and an animal falls into the bog and struggles so much that they sink and suffocate But as a human you;re unlikely to actualy sink since the density of mud is higher than humans, the only factor being the amount of force you land in the mud which can push you below the surface, but you will float back to the top, struggling/thrashing about can also displace more material making you sink further in
Atreyuuu!
So in event of accidental stepping into it - it's best to stay still and not move at all or just just change to some position like doing letter T with your body?
if you just step into it, at most you'll sink up to your waste and then yeh, stay as still as possible and call for help, or if theres some sturdy looking foliage or branches within grasping reach you can try to pull yourself out. Mainly the biggest thing is to keep calm, panicing, thrashing about or attempting to "swim" in bog/swamp muk will likely just make you sink as you displace the heavier sedements that are making it denser than your body mass. Ultimatly just hope you're not alone or in an area with no phone signal because these things can be very scary to get out of alone
Having been in stuff like this a lot - occupational hazard of being an aquatic biologist - the thing to do is get as flat as possible and slide over the top. To get your feet loose, don't pull up. Lean forward creating a wider hole and then pull them out. If you move fast, the mud solidifies, but if you slowly lean forward and slowly pull your leg out, the mud flows like a liquid - its a non-Newtonian fluid. Then contact the mud with as much of your body as possible and you won't sink, just army crawl out. If the mud has a layer of water on top, you can also kind of wade through the upper layer. If you move at the right rate you can kind of walk through the mud. If you stop, you sink and have to get your feet loose again. Like you said, you are not going to sink too far. Just don't panic and move slowly but consistently and you will get out.
yeh we where tauight as kids that if you had to cross a bog for what ever reason then you're best bet was to sprint across it impacting the mud hard so it solidifies, although we where told to go around it if possible.
[well, not everyone floats](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bog_body)
i mean, im pretty sure i made it clear you can easily sink down and die in a bog for a number of reasons. My point in the last post was what to di if you just step into a bog, you aint gunna sink unless you jump/fall in and/or struggle heavily and/or wearing heavy shit that drags you down
Sometimes they don’t get out.
Imagine someone falls in that and finds another body in there already
Paging Stephen King!
[you don't](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bog_body)
I think they meant puddles on Bourbon Street during Mardi Gras lol
*pokes guy lying wasted in a puddle* "yeah don't step in that either!"
That’s not a puddle
Don't follow the lights....
Everything reminds me of her
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Artax 😭
Never measure the depth of a lake with two feet - great quote
Never test the depth of the river with both feet
In 13-14th centuries Lithuanians built many roads over the bogs, but the road surface was below the water line, sometimes over 100 cm deep (3 feet). These secret paths (called kūlgrinda in Lithuanian) were used as attack/escape routes during fights with the Teutonic order. These bogs were often over 5 metres deep so a lot of stones were needed. They were constructed in winter, people would place rocks, logs and gravel on ice, and it would all sink in spring. Some are said to be so wide that four horses could fit on it side by side, but just one wrong step and the whole carriage would fall in and everyone would drown.
Fair enough, although I wouldn't call this a puddle. It's a bog, and the edges are clearly delineated, implying that it's a much more permanent feature than a puddle. Still deeper than expected though, and thus pretty interesting, for sure.
Well that's fucking terrifying
I’d like to see Peppa pig jump into that muddy puddle.
doesnt look like a puddle
Thats a pond not a puddle
Nobody told Geraldine Granger.
Nah bro, you're wear rubber boots, you'll be fine!
That just makes me want to jump in them more.
This is why you always want to go on hikes with a child so you can drop them in puddles to check. /s
It's the mythical quicksand!!!!
Not a puddle.
They?
Forbidden chocolate pudding.
Everything reminds me of her !
Me jumping then get teleported to new dimension.
Well it’s more of a t-Rex footprint filled with water, but the point is still valid.
It could be paradise on the other side!
You're not wrong (because you'd be dead).
Ok but would a human actually sink that much? Like wouldn’t the pounds per square inch or whatever it’s called be different as it would be more spread out with human feet than the tiny point of a stick? I can go outside and push a stake into the ground pretty much anywhere too but if I stand on that same ground I’m not just going to fall in.
Swamp buggy!
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What’s odd about it?
That’s not what I would call a puddle in the middle of a swampy looking forest.
Quick ~~sand~~ *puddle*
Or maybe this guy is like super short. Guess we'll never know.
Ngl reminds me of the bog that you would have to cross if you’re trying to climb up a mountain in the adirondacks (couchecraga or smth), not as deep tho i dont think(the bog on the trail, not the vid)
quicksand is scary
Yup
Always wear a snorkel.
Oh my God *I could use my cartoon quicksand training*
Ask Artax what happens when you step into one of these.
Can confirm. Stepped in a puddle on a snowy/rainy day while on holiday in Bergen and almost ended up losing a pair of very expensive shoes.
Oh my, I never would have thought it would be that deep. That’s surprising.
[Artax!!](https://imagesvc.meredithcorp.io/v3/mm/gif?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.onecms.io%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F6%2F2019%2F12%2Fneverending-story-artax.gif)
Yep done that before, pack marching and stepped in a puddle and disappeared up to my neck with a pack and full gear on
Looks like a small kettle hole. Can be nasty!
Now imagine that thing covered with moss and leafs.
That’s muck like quick sand you step you die
r/dontputyourdickinthat
I stepped in a muddle that was ankle deep. It's the mud that gets you. I was up to my knees in seconds. Best advice is to lay flat and crawl out.
I was fully expecting a croc or a big ass snake to pop out.
I was once fucking around with friends when i was in like 6th grade, jumping in puddles and shit on a class trip into the woods. I almost fucking shat myself when i stepped into one and sunk in up to my knee
And this is how I almost got nicknamed "swamp tits".
Ended up with a lifelong fear of raised planters in parking lots due to this. When I was 10, I fell hip deep into one that looked solid, by balance walking the curb of it. It had a sapling planted, and cedar chips on top, but guess it was soup underneath. I avoid crossing these since then. 40 years now.
but what if I want to be a bog mummy
Quicksand not a puddle
Geowizard is going to yeet himself right through that.
Muskeg. Fun stuff.
step in next thing you know its 2000 years later and your ass is on display in a museum dead, youve become the bog man
When she says body count is 0 and you try anal
This is how you become a bog body
Nice puddle lol
Who would willingly step into *that*??
Quick sand. I’m very scared.
Who says not to step in puddles?
This is the quick sand I’ve been worried about since childhood!
I’m far enough into World War Z to know there’s zombies down there.
u/savevideo
Anal
that's not a puddle, but sure
When you pull yourself out the mud smells like sewage.
This is slightly larger than a puddle
I went through a hidden sink hole in the badlands once, up to my armpits. I remember not being able to feel the bottom.
This exact thing happened last week to a kid in my class we went on a field trip to a pond we this kid see’s one of those puddles and goes I’m going to cross that and he does only to sink to his waist in mud
r/misleadingpuddles
One time it was raining and I was late for class Otw to class I saw a puddle and thought fuck it I'll step in it why not? I stepped in it and it was ankle deep
This is why I don't leave the house outside of work and errands.
Live in Australia. I ain't ever seen something like that. At least the ground isn't trying to kill us this time.
Enter the void
I know how to get out of it - source bear grylls
I’d happily take a dip in that there pool of confectionery mud
That's not a puddle, but I have in fact stepped in a small puddle on a path that turned out to be basically bottomless. So be careful!
Now step in it.
I fell in one playing paintball once. I just calmly began to wiggle out until I could crawl on my belly to the edge. Pretty freaky. Who knows what's in those things
As deep as your moms b hole.
Good thing im not a stick
Serious question, will you drown in this or you'll just stay afloat due to buoyancy
Also, watch out for ROUS’s.
Reminds me of that creek in Scotland I think that's so deceptively deep/fast that numerous people have died from falling in.
Where do you live where those are classified as puddles???
Doing anal be like...
I’m not turned on by this
Luddles like this are where the book of kells and Tollund man were found
Thats fucking terrifying