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Husband shares terrifying moment his wife sunk into quicksand while on beach walk

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Updated 14:59 9 Jun 2024 GMT+1Published 15:00 9 Jun 2024 GMT+1

Husband shares terrifying moment his wife sunk into quicksand while on beach walk

She 'dropped like a rock' according to her husband

Britt Jones

Britt Jones

Going to the beach should be a calming venture for those who want to feel the sand between their toes and sun on their faces.

But one couple ended up in a terrifying ordeal, when the sand turned against one of them.

After reading this, you might prefer the pebble beach’s instead…

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Patrick Acord was walking along the water next to his wife, Jamie in the Popham Beach State Park in Maine when she suddenly ‘dropped like a rock’.

Jamie and Patrick Acord were taken by surprise when walking beside the shore. Matt Mawson / Getty Images
Jamie and Patrick Acord were taken by surprise when walking beside the shore. Matt Mawson / Getty Images

As it turns out, she had fallen into the sand, and she was hip-deep in it.

According to Acord, she screamed at him that she couldn’t get out and as the tide was quickly pulling back in, it was urgent that she get out and away from the shoreline.

That’s when Acord reached in and managed to pull her out.

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He claims that she ‘couldn’t feel the bottom’ of the sand bed.

She said: “I couldn’t find my footing.”

It seemed that any hole made in the sand would immediately fill back up, making it a tricky place to be stuck inside of.

As with the hole Jamie left behind, the couple claimed that it instantly filled back up with sand and disappeared.

But this isn’t the first instance of people becoming stuck in quicksand in the area near Portland.

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Patrick said he heard his wife scream and 'drop like a rock'. Facebook/ Patrick Acord
Patrick said he heard his wife scream and 'drop like a rock'. Facebook/ Patrick Acord

With 225,000 visitors a year, this year has already become the hotbed for people falling into quicksand at the location.

According to the Park Manager, Sean Vaillencourt, there’s be a few people accidentally going into the sand.

He told WGME CBS 13: “A few people have stepped in and gone up to their knees or ankles or their waist.”

However, it doesn’t appear to have been more serious than that and people were able to get out.

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But the officials said that it’s unlikely that people will sink further than their legs, even though Jamie was in up to her waist.

Jim Britt, a spokesman for the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry told the New York Post: “People hear the word quicksand, they think jungle movie.

“The reality with this supersaturated sand is you’re not going to go under.”

The authorities are now putting up warning signs. Darren Lehane / Getty Images
The authorities are now putting up warning signs. Darren Lehane / Getty Images

After a number of incidents, park rangers have agreed that warning signs will now be put up, reported the WGME.

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But if you manage to get stuck, Vaillencourt recommends staying calm, shedding anything heavy on your body, leaning forward to disperse your weight and the wiggle out.

If that doesn’t work, call out for a helping hand.

I mean, there’s no way I’m walking on a beach with a quicksand or sinkhole warning sign - but it’s nice to know what I could do in the unlikely event I was stuck.

Featured Image Credit: AP

Topics: Travel, Health

Britt Jones
Britt Jones

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