Man stuck in mud

[Playinghardball]

How did he get out there in the first place?

[AsahinaKimi]

1. That was a surgical

procedure if I ever saw one!

[petronius]

6. That's the word that came to my mind as well

Pretty nice back-hoe operating: try the left, try the right - straight down the middle! And the other guys are probably still laughing every time they see mud-boy...

[L0oniX]

2. Without viewing the video ...it looks like corporate oppression to me.

[yesphan]

3. CAT working all

around the world.

[localroger]

4. How he got out there

Clay with the right water content can go from nearly solid to very plastic with great suddenness. He probably broke through a relatively firm but thin slightly dryer surface layer.

[MrScorpio]

5. I would have tossed him a shovel nt

[felix_numinous]

7. Reminds me of AK turnagain arm mudflats

outside of Anchorage--when I lived up there I heard some pretty bad stories.

http://www.turnagaintimes.com/SR09/Mudflats.html

Turnagain Arm mud consists of microscopic particles of glacial silt and powdered rock mixed with ocean water. Undisturbed, the mud is relatively solid and will support a fair amount of weight. However, if it is subjected to vibration, it quickly liquefies and anything on top of it rapidly sinks below the surface.
When a person sinks below the mud, the air around the body is displaced and any attempt at removal creates a suction that is nearly impossible to overcome without help.

[Rhiannon12866]

8. That's an awfully good question...

But you have to really admire the skill of whoever's operating that machine!