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Talitha

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3. I don't understand this at all... "she slipped and fell into a puddle about 2ft deep"

Reply to erronis (Original post)

Sun Jun 14, 2026, 01:35 PM

21 hrs ago

"She later described the puddle as “like quicksand” and said she “couldn’t get out” of it"

I'm only 5'4" and my legs are longer than 2 feet, so it's baffling to me that someone couldn't escape from a 2' deep 'puddle'. Has anyone had experience with quicksand?

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This message was self-deleted by its author [View all] erronis 22 hrs ago OP

That would require... 2naSalit 22 hrs ago #1

I don't even want to read about it. 3catwoman3 21 hrs ago #2

I don't understand this at all... "she slipped and fell into a puddle about 2ft deep" Talitha 21 hrs ago #3

She is elderly. LisaL 19 hrs ago #5

I'm 69 and have arthritis in both knees TexasBushwhacker 17 hrs ago #12

It's pretty easy to see how GenThePerservering 17 hrs ago #13

Wow! I saw some motherfucking shit like this on that goddamn Gilligan's fucking Island. SoFlaBro 19 hrs ago #4

LOL! JoseBalow 19 hrs ago #7

Don't go mud wrestling alone. twodogsbarking 19 hrs ago #6

Miracles DO happen! So glad she was found and rescued. Fla Dem 18 hrs ago #8

This is not LBN WhiteTara 18 hrs ago #9

Umpteen dozen years ago coming whom from school at Otis AFB in Massachusetts, I found a patch of tirebiter 17 hrs ago #10

I'm glad those two men rescued her! GenThePerservering 17 hrs ago #11

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