![]() Sometimes the victim is a member of a wedding photoshoot, an attempt for that perfect Alaska background turned tragic. Sometimes the victim is a tourist who strayed a little too far from the trails. From there, victims either drown in the rising tide or are ripped in half by a rope attached to a helicopter. All the stories begin with an unlucky soul wandering too close to the water and becoming trapped in the quicksand-like mud. The deadly mud flats that line Cook Inlet, Turnagain Arm and Knik Arm are the setting for some of the most enduring and gruesome Anchorage urban legends. Have a question about Anchorage history or an idea for a future article? Go to the form at the bottom of this story. Part of a continuing weekly series on local history by local historian David Reamer. The mud flats of Turnagain Arm with the Kenai Mountains along the Seward Highway on Thursday, June 9, 2011.
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