A hiker in Utah’s Arches National Park became trapped Sunday in something most people have seen only in old movies or TV shows — quicksand.

The hiker, who was not injured, was trapped in the substance for several freezing hours, stuck up to his thighs in a canyon area Sunday morning, his rescuers said.

There was a quicksand case in the same area, about 2 miles away, in 2014, but Sunday’s call at around 7:15 a.m. was still a surprise, Grand County Search and Rescue incident commander John Marshall said.

“The page went off and I kind of shook my head and said: ‘Did I hear that correctly? Somebody is stuck in quicksand?’” Marshall recalled in an interview Tuesday.

Rescuers used a ladder and vehicle traction boards to reach the hiker, Marshall said. The boards allowed rescuers to work next

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