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A man found himself in a terrifying predicament when he found himself sinking in quicksand on a Lancashire beach, with only his head and arm visible by the time a search and rescue team arrived.

The Bay Search and Rescue team were alerted to a man stuck in quicksand near Silverdale at around 11.30am on Saturday (October 25), with a high tide rapidly approaching.

On the team's Facebook page, a spokesperson said: "Very quickly we came across the casualty who was lying on his back in a soft gulley - at first glance only his chest, head, one arm, and part of one leg still visible, but because he had laid right he was thankfully not in too deep, but completely exhausted and quite hypothermic."

To reach the man, the team inflated two rescue air pathways. They then relayed his

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