Is Being Buried To Your Neck In Sand Actually Lethal? | MythBusters

The Build Team split this episode between the grimly fascinating and the gloriously absurd — starting with the sand neck tie, the pirate execution method where a victim is buried up to their neck in sand and left for the tide, which Tory tested first in dry sand and escaped from in 86 minutes before Grant was buried in wet sand with water continuously poured in to simulate the rising tide and found himself completely immobilized as the water pushed sand back into every gap he dug, requiring outside help to escape and confirming the myth is exactly as lethal as it sounds — and then pivoted to loading a period cannon with every piece of unconventional pirate ammunition they could find: rum bottles, cutlery, a wooden leg, and steak knives, firing each at a dead pig to see what actually worked, and the results ranged from completely harmless to genuinely destructive in ways nobody on set expected. Subscribe so you never miss an experiment:    / @mythbusterstvshow   Using science as their weapon and curiosity as their fuel, Hollywood special effects experts Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman spent 14 seasons and 296 episodes testing the world's most popular myths, urban legends, and movie moments. From the Diet Coke & Mentos explosion to surviving an underwater car escape — if it can be tested, they'll test it. #MythBusters #AdamSavage #ScienceExperiments