Why The Mud Flats In Alaska Are So Dangerous 

Be very careful, especially around Turnagain and Anchorage. If you want an Alaskan beach, go to the Spit in Homer, anywhere in Southeast or West Alaska. That "mud" is silt deposited by the Glaciers that permeate the region. Anchorage is built on this stuff and we have earthquakes, so, no tall buildings.

Please let this go viral. Every year tourists dont make it in Alaska because they don't know this mud

There are a couple of freaky stories that I heard as a kid. One was about a duck hunter that sank into the mud. His last desperate effort was to break his double barrel shotgun and use it for a snorkel. The other story was a rescue attempt using a helicopter. They tossed the guy a line which he tied around himself and when they tried to pull him out, he was torn in half.

I've lived in Alaska for 57 yrs and not once have I ever been stupid enough to walk in the mudflats because it's dangerous and has been deadly. Anyone on here that says its safe and to "stay calm" is out of their damn mind. This shit is no joke and those who claim to have done it have been unbelievably lucky. Best advice: JUST DON'T DO IT, PERIOD, esp if u want to live...🤔

May 2023, 20 yr old Illinois guy died in the mud flats near Hope. Serious!

Took 2 of us one time to pull a guy out of the mud in Ship Creek, one on each side, he had to leave his waders

It forms a non-Newtonian fluid and as you move it solidifies around you. So as you sink it’s a fluid but as you struggle it’s like concrete. Very deadly.

Man the mud flats are somethin else. I remember when I was little we used to ride 4wheelers with our aunt, we went out near a river and had to go over a mid flat. As we were turning around, the 4wheeler got stuck, and we spent around 6 hours waiting to get picked up. During the process, we got another truck stuck in the mud from the front wheels, and that also had to get pulled out. By the time we had gotten home, the 4wheeler was completely sunk into the mud, and my sister lost one of her shoes

I heard a few weeks ago some tourist fell in and a fishing guy found him washed up somewhere

As someone in Alaska I can confirm

Nature is something else

Yea, don't go on the mud flats ppl They look solid but their not, read the signs

Yes it is like quick sand I've been their.

I still have a set of boots and socks out in the mud flats by dillingham ak. 😂

Didn't someone get stuck in the mud flats a month or two ago and then the tide came in and they drowned? Talk about 1000 ways to die..

Got stuck out there a couple of times.

Yesss I live in anchorage and we would go to hope and get muddy and we have to be so careful

Imagine the amount of work cleaning your shoes off after stepping into something like this.

My brother has gotten stuck before but we got him out. It’s very dangerous. If you’re a tourist, be careful ❤

Finally a RU-vidr that lives in Alaska🌍😊

Welcome to Alaska 😁

I live in Alaska, from Palmer but now live in anchorage. The mud flats are such a cautionary part, that most people that visit don’t know a lot about. Be extremely careful, once your in it’s almost impossible to get out.

I'm from alaska

Great video! Their needs to be more awareness about this

It’s giving non-Newtonian 💀

I live in Alaska

Lol, I play in the Kincaid mud flats all the time here

I live in alaska its so great here ❤️💅

We also talk about the Bore Tide here - thealaskafrontier.com/alaska-bore-tide/

Very tragic what can happen and yet people still venture out onto the mud. Hopefully this story will keep others from doing the same thing - www.adn.com/alaska-news/2023/05/22/illinois-man-stuck-in-mud-flats-near-hope-drowns-on-incoming-tide/

As a younger kid my family went to the beach and stayed in small houses with a few generators nearby and i played on the beach and i played on top of this type of mud ran across it like sonic and i stoped to catch my breath and one leg sunk in took my whole leg in and for a while i was stuck until i wiggled around and had some water to help and freed my self for i think 5 minutes i looked into the hole and it had magets in it and i ran back to shore never played in it again

Scary!

My Sergeant Stationed in Alaska told me this one soldier got stuck in a mud flat, rescue team got there but he was too stuck, rescue team literally saw him die.

Ya ever hear of quick sand? This Quick mud.

I’ve known classmates who have died from going out into the flats low tide.

Gotta be careful when you’re hunting

Yes they actually are. Though people do daringly play in mud flats here in AK

Bro violated the mud

yeah sometimes when I go dipnet fishing i get stuck one time i got so stuck i barely try to get up

Ohhh this is nothing have you met the people yet?

Scary AF.

My homeland baby. There one thing i know about the beach mud its stinky asf

Something I always grew up hearing here was how dangerous it is out there. Now I know why! Recently my whole boot sunk in, scared the piss out of me. It wasn’t actually that dangerous in that particular spot, pulled my boot out with minimal tugging, but still scary!

It’s called silt

You gotta respect the mud flats.

Becareful of eklutna lake the mud changes very drastically in a moment

This is what I’ve grown up playing in

It's so true

Fun fact, did you know if you leave a body there at low tide, by the time the tide rises again, that body will have vanished

They’re not dangerous. Please go in them 😊

Oh cool, you're in alaska too? Noice. And yeah its like oobleck

Quick mud

Once my mother went to the mud flats when she was younger and got really stuck in it and if it weren’t for her family helping her out she would not of been here today.

The mud turns to cement when the tide comes back in.

Been stuck, lost my shoes. Turnagain, learned my lesson.

Heh I played in this yesterday. Whoops 😂

My brother in law went on it during the tide that was coming up, to fish by a creek and got stuck. Tide came in up to his neck. He wiggled his way out at the last minute. Learned his lesson not to follow people out there.

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That's terrifying. I can imagine getting stuck and feeling the weight of the dirt and water pressing in on your chest allowing you less of a breath each time. It'd be like being squeezed by a boa constrictor. Yikes!

It jiggle jiggle:3

Ak Pride 🤙

I want to sink in that! Looks like a very fun time.

Non newtonian fluid

That's NO JOKE !!!! It'll REALLY mess up your day, should you try walking over it !!! 😮

Is that a dog paw? My dog likes to run in the mud we go to the beach and he gets so stinky

Yeah I live in Alaska never seen something like that fuck that

I thought that’s quicksand

I almost died in mud

almost died when i was younger cuz of these

Me who lives in Alaska

I should call her...

So that’s how you get fossilized.

I should call her ☹️☹️

I stay away from that stuff it is horrible

Aaaaaaaaaaa

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That puddle got moves

i used to play in those when i was a kid and pretend it was quicksand, this was in juneau

You can safely walk mudflats. Done it plenty of times. Just be aware of tidal changes and keep calm

Why is it Dance

Was stuck once scary situation kept calm and slowly rocked back and forth to free one leg 🦵 then the second it’s no joke ,

I should call her...