Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If you’re ever out on a Lowcountry beach you might encounter pluff mud — an ultra-sticky substance that both sinks and stinks.
Getting stuck in the pluff mud is common. Calling the fire department to be rescued from it is not. The Murrells Inlet-Garden City Fire Department pulled a fisherman stranded on a personal pontoon ...
A retiree fishing on one of South Carolina’s islands had to be rescued after he accidentally stepped in the notorious coastal quicksand known as “pluff mud.” It happened around 11 a.m. Friday, June 7, ...
BEAUFORT COUNTY, S.C. (WCSC) - First responders rescued a driver who crashed her car into a Beaufort County marsh Tuesday. The single-vehicle crash happened on Trask Parkway around 11 a.m., according ...
MCCLELLANVILLE, S.C. (WCBD) – A kayaker was rescued near McClellanville early Wednesday morning after getting stuck in pluff mud overnight. Charleston County fire officials told counton2.com that ...
MOUNT PLEASANT — In a field of gray spread out on their video screen, all that rescue crews could see was a tiny white dot. But as the drone approached, mangled tufts of reeds and thick pluff mud ...
A tub of black, sticky pluff mud sat under a tent at the Charleston Maritime Center Sunday afternoon. Children dropped white handkerchiefs tied into knots and marked with crayons into the sticky mess.
If you’re ever out on a Lowcountry beach you might encounter pluff mud — an ultra-sticky substance that both sinks and stinks. While pluff mud is an integral part of the Grand Strand’s ecosystem, you ...