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An Illinois man who had been walking on tidal mud flats in an Alaska estuary reportedly drowned over the weekend after becoming stuck as the tide came in.

The Lake Bluff man was there with friends on Sunday night when he was submerged up to his waist in the quicksand-like silt.

Authorities told The Associated Press that a member of his group had called 911 when they could not get him out, but that it was too late.

https://www.foxnews.com/us/illinois-man-stuck-alaska-mud-flats-drowns-tide
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Apparition said:
An Illinois man who had been walking on tidal mud flats in an Alaska estuary reportedly drowned over the weekend after becoming stuck as the tide came in.

The Lake Bluff man was there with friends on Sunday night when he was submerged up to his waist in the quicksand-like silt.

Authorities told The Associated Press that a member of his group had called 911 when they could not get him out, but that it was too late.

https://www.foxnews.com/us/illinois-man-stuck-alaska-mud-flats-drowns-tide
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I immediately thought of the drowning scene from "Sometimes a Great Notion"... :(
 
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Apparition said:
An Illinois man who had been walking on tidal mud flats in an Alaska estuary reportedly drowned over the weekend after becoming stuck as the tide came in.

The Lake Bluff man was there with friends on Sunday night when he was submerged up to his waist in the quicksand-like silt.

Authorities told The Associated Press that a member of his group had called 911 when they could not get him out, but that it was too late.

https://www.foxnews.com/us/illinois-man-stuck-alaska-mud-flats-drowns-tide
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At least he didn't get a tj stuck out there to die
 
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There have been several incidents involving mud flats in several spot up here already this year still more to come. Like many things up here they are no joke and not to be trifled with.
 
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The tide up there is nothing to ignore. I hunted spring bear several hundred miles southeast of there a few years ago (Kupreanof Island). The two of us were boat based. The tides rose and fell about every 10-12 hours, and the water surface change was about 10 feet or so in that timeframe. We kept tide charts in our pockets, and one time, we purposely tide-beached the boat to get access to a cove. In a matter of about two hours, we went from being in 10 feet of water to the boat completely beached, listing to one side on the mud flats, hundreds of yards from the new waterline. Getting stuck in those flats was a serious concern. Until you experience it, you can't believe how quickly the tide comes and goes, and how much the depth changes. You could actually watch it happening in real time. That poor fellow suffered an agonizing death!
 
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Not familiar with that.

Reminded me of the guy that died in the nutty putty cave.

https://allthatsinteresting.com/nutty-putty-cave
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I never thought I was claustrophobic until I had an MRI done. There is no way in hell I would ever do something like this. I just about lost my mind when I broke my arm and they set the cast just above my elbow and I couldn't straighten my arm until the cast was cut off. I'd have to be sedated the whole time if I ever ended up in a body cast.
 
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I've never personally been stuck in mud that badly, but I think the thing to do is lay horizontal and try to "swim" out. Like with quicksand, you're lighter than mud and will float if you don't stay upright.
 
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The tide up there is nothing to ignore. I hunted spring bear several hundred miles southeast of there a few years ago (Kupreanof Island). The two of us were boat based. The tides rose and fell about every 10-12 hours, and the water surface change was about 10 feet or so in that timeframe. We kept tide charts in our pockets, and one time, we purposely tide-beached the boat to get access to a cove. In a matter of about two hours, we went from being in 10 feet of water to the boat completely beached, listing to one side on the mud flats, hundreds of yards from the new waterline. Getting stuck in those flats was a serious concern. Until you experience it, you can't believe how quickly the tide comes and goes, and how much the depth changes. You could actually watch it happening in real time. That poor fellow suffered an agonizing death!
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Tides are something else up here for sure. Nothing like experiencing a 25+ footer.
 
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My wife and I spent 10 days in Alaska a couple years ago with some friends whose parents have waterfront on Prince of Wales island. We literally planned our days around the tides and watched entire bodies of water empty and fill. It was a new experience for sure. Their lifestyle of 100% captured rainwater and wood stove for heat is incredibly attractive to me but I haven't acquired enough taste for salmon and it's not a good environment for cattle so I'd probably waste away.
 
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