What’s scarier, quicksand or spontaneous human combustion?

FreddieUK · 70-79, M

Definitely quicksand. I've always been afraid of it since seeing pictures like the one here on TV dramas.

Spontaneous combustion has been shown to be a myth.

exexec · 70-79, C

Quicksand isn't all that quick. My father-in-law was caught in it as a kid and was saved by an older brother, according to family lore. I'll take quicksand instead of going up in a blaze of infamy.

ArishMell · 70-79, M

Quicksand / mud. That is real, though probably not as the video clip.

People do occasionally become trapped in quicksand (a slurry of sand and water) or mud on tidal shores, and can be caught by the incoming tide, or die of hypothermia. The emergency services have special equipment and methods for rescuing them.

Farm workers have also been killed in a way akin to drowning, having fallen into grain-silos.

[Pauses to scroll the one-second videos completely off the display.]

"Spontaneous human combustion" is a myth from a very small number of people having been burnt to death alone, by accidents whose causes were not recognised or investigated. Or were, but the real cause did not satisfy the fantasists.

Lugwho · 61-69, M

I've always been a bit scared of quicksand since an episode of Tarzan as a boy. It might even be the first clip in your post.

Spontaneous human combustion is more of an ambition, seems like quite a good way to go.