Students find man stuck for days in Rio Grande mud

the name its self just strikes fear into the hearts of every mudphobic bandito that wants to get across that misnamed big river. when you got to trek for miles through a mud path to find a lick of standing water, it dawns on you, that only a mentally confused and seriously mixed up Spaniard mezcla could name that mud hole ""Rio Grande." for sure, it had something to do with the demon worm mezcla en una botella de mezcal. IR CON DIOS.

down by the levee, i shot my baby..... i used to swim in that Rio Grande, by Texas standards it is a big river, by everyone else standards it is a splattering trail of mud holes. i tried to swim that Rio Grande when i was in h.s., and all i got was a happy face smidgit of mud on the front of my white tee shirt. .....drinking whiskey and rye, singing this will be the day that i........IR CON DIOS.

I am amazed at how many people commenting on this article don't know where Albuquerque is and don't know that about 500 miles of the Rio Grande is totally in the USA.

It would be funny if it were Bear Grylls.

wow...stuck in the mud for 3 days....that must suck

These students need to go to Washington DC, there have been people stuck in the mud there for years.

That location is quite a distance from the border - like 300+ miles.

I know how dangerous quick-sand is from watching Blazing Saddles.

I know a guy getting stuck in mud for days is funny and perhaps might bring up the question of how can someone have this happen. Mud is the same as quicksand and can sometimes be deadly, I found myself in a pickle once on mud flats of a drained reservoir. Basically I was walking It took me four hours to move 10 feet back to mud that was firm enough to pull myself out of. After that I leaned how to deal quickly with being stuck in mud...lay down to distribute your weight and pull your legs out and crawl/roll/slither out to firmer land, and its always good idea to have a walking stick, a stick can pull you out rather easy. This is of course that you didn't fall into a very loose mud, in that case, try to swim...good luck...

When I was a kid in Texas we played around and let our legs sink into a river bank. The river bank was sand, clay, and mud. One day it wasn't so fun when we had to fight with all we had to get out. You slowly start sinking into this stuff and right around knee deep it is one heck of a fight to get out.

Students: "Can we keep him?"

I spent 3 days with my in laws one afternoon

People, Albuquerque is no where near the border, for those of you who think he was crossing the border.

Why is it that so many automatically assume this guy is an illegal? The article didn't specify that. It gave almost no real information at all. He could have been a hunter, hiker or camper. Maybe he was out there looking for illegals to report or maybe he was a coyote out there to guide a new bunch through. You know what you get when you 'assume'? Break it down and think about it...

Clowns to the left of me, Joker's to the right,
Here I am Stuck in the middle with you
Yes I'm, Stuck in the middle with you.

Confucius once say: "He who go near Muddy Waters, often gets the "Blues".

Glad they found him. I got stuck in quicksand once as a kid on our creek; sunk down to my knees and could not get out. Fortunately my brother was there and pulled me out- lost both shoes though. But the muddy sand along a creek or river can be quite deep and if there is nothing to grab hold to and pull yourself out, you are stuck. Had several cows get stuck down to their bellies; not easy to get them out.

anyone who duck hunts know how dangerous mud can be, many of have gotton a leg or more stuck in an unforseen hole and had to be pulled out by the aid of another hunter

Must not be a local, the Rio Grande banks can be treacherous, not the biggest river by far but as it runs throught the high desert it can and does take lives each year. Good thing we aren't reading that students found a body stuck in the mud.

I've heard for years that there is quicksand along the Rio Grande in Albuquerque. It's very dangerous.