That would be pretty cool, and not at all unheard of.
I once had an underwater camera. The instructions said that if ever became flooded to immediately rinse it out with the freshest water available and then to rinse it with alcohol and send it in for repair. Right in the instructions it said that if straight alcohol wasn’t available to use Vodka or Gin.
Part of the plot of the show Bob’s Burgers this past Sunday was about getting trapped in quicksand. I laughed when I saw it because this thread brings up how Hollywood has lost interest in quicksand. AND THERE IT WAS! 
Cool link and story! Thanks! 
Did you ever stop to think that perhaps those ‘unusually large paw prints’ might have been from a cougar/puma? Aren’t those indigenous to that area? :eek:
Great story and pics, by the way! I can only hope that my Canon EOS T1i proves to be that robust! 
If it ever craps out, I will most definitely be looking into purchasing a Pentax.
Definitely a ‘tank’ of a camera!
Beating them over the head with your severed arm?
Unless your foot blocks the flow of water. When that happens, the upward flow stops, the sand settles out as a solid, with your foot underneath.
SenorBeef: I do not know you; I don’t know if you’re a nerd, or a geek, or a gamer, or an old.
I do know that you are no stick-in-the-mud, AND have the pics to prove it. Brava/o!
You know, I kind of thought this was silly at first - I mean, are there big predatory felines in the desert? But apparently the Mojave is within their range. I foolishly did try to google “cougars in las vegas” actually before I realized what a mistake that was. But it’s hard to believe there are cougars out there.
And the print actually looked a lot like a Puma print
On the other hand Coyote prints look almost the same.
I wouldn’t try it. Canon cameras aren’t designed with weather seals until the 7d range, and even then not quite as completely as a flagship body. Nikon doesn’t begin until the $4000+ camera range.
But I was pretty confident in it. Pentax is a very niche brand these days and has kind of a cult following. People like to torture test them. I’ve read a few “what’s the worst you’ve done to your camera” and people have done way worse than get it muddy and splash it around in a lake. Although I am still kind of worried some mud got into the control dials and stuff - no way to tell, and it doesn’t feel gritty or anything, so I guess it probably doesn’t matter.
Like I said, I didn’t think to take pictures of the camera until after I’d splashed it off in the lake, so you can only see the remnants of what was on it. I wish I’d have taken it all gooped up.
Well, that’s not my first line of defense. The key to rape defense is like in most forms of battle to retain the initiative. You must always be counter-attacking. If you even think someone might rape you, you should just immediately start raping them so that you dictate the place, pace, and ferocity of battle.
Straight Dope, 1996. Questions We Refuse to Answer.